a) Owl; b) Owl from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
1959 (published 1961)
Artist, American, 1922 - 2000
Publisher
Leonard Baskin
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
a) wood engraving on Mokuroku wove paper b) wood engraving in black and red on Mokuroku wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (a): 4.1 × 5.4 cm (1 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
image (b): 4.7 × 3.3 cm (1 7/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
sheet: 43 × 44.4 cm (16 15/16 × 17 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
1964.8.223.61.a-b
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, a) no. 386; b) no. 380
Associated Artworks
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1948
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Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1961
Three Nude Men from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1949
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1984
Fern, Alan, and Judith O'Sullivan. The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-1983. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1984, no. 386.
Inscriptions
a) "ELB" lower left margin, black ink. "WR" lower right margin, black ink. "175" lower center margin, grey ink.
b) "R W" upper composition, red ink. "E L B" lower composition, red ink. "176" lower center margin, grey ink.
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[three leaves]
Wikidata ID
Q65510882