a) "The Beggar's Rags, Fluttering in Air Does to Rags the Heavens Tear"; b) "The Questioner, Who Sits so Sly Shall Never Know How to Reply"; c) "The Caterpillar on the Leaf Repeats to Thee Thy Mother's Grief"; d) "Every Wolf's and Lion's Howl Raises from Hell a Human Soul" 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 on Mokuroku wove paper c) wood engraving in green on Mokuroku wove paper d) wood engraving on Mokuroku wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (a): 4.6 × 5.8 cm (1 13/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
image (b): 6.5 × 5.6 cm (2 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
image (c): 0.8 × 5.2 cm (5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
image (d): 1.8 × 6.2 cm (11/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
sheet: 43.2 × 44.3 cm (17 × 17 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1964.8.223.66.a-d
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, a) no. 377; b) no. 376; c) no. 372; d) no. 374
Associated Artworks
See all 68 artworksThe Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1961
a) Page 3, from "A Poem Called the Tunning of Elynour Rummynge"; b) Page 15, from "A Poem Called the Tunning of Elynour Rummynge" from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1953
a) Ex-Libris for Cynthia and Paul Seton; b) Ex-Libris for Louis Black; c) Mark for Smith Glass and Mirror Company; d) Ex-Libris for Frederick Cleveland Mitchell; e) Ex-Libris for Dorothy King; f) Ex-Libris for Alex Page from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1959
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. 377.
Inscriptions
a) "182" lower center margin, grey ink.
b) "183" lower center margin, grey ink.
c) "184" lower center margin, grey ink.
d) "185" lower center margin, grey ink.
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q65510889