Leonard Baskin
- Introduction
- Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was a prize-winning American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942-2000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went on to become "one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world," often featuring the work of celebrated poets, such as Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, James Baldwin side by side with Baskin's bold, stark, energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints. Called a "Sculptor of Stark Memorials" by the New York Times, Baskin is also known for his wood, limestone, bronze, and large-scale woodblock prints, which ranged from naturalistic to fanciful, and were frequently grotesque, featuring bloated figures or humans merging with animals. "His monumental bronze sculpture, The Funeral Cortege, graces the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C."
- Wikidata
- Q2601617
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Engraver, Illustrator, Sculptor
- Name
- Leonard Baskin
- Ulan
- 500003136
Exhibitions
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Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second
World War Oct 24, 2015–Apr 3, 2016
MoMA
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Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities
Jul 30–Nov 10, 2008
MoMA
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Giacometti to Judd: Prints by Sculptors
Jun 9–Oct 13, 1998
MoMA
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A Century of Artists Books
Oct 23, 1994–Jan 24, 1995
MoMA
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American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Dec 18, 1985–May 20, 1986
MoMA
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Leonard Baskin has
30 exhibitionsonline.
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Leonard Baskin French Prawn 1951
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Leonard Baskin The Anatomist 1952
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Leonard Baskin Man of Peace 1952
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Leonard Baskin The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1952–53, published 1953
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Leonard Baskin Imaginary Portrait of John Skeleton (frontispiece) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin Plate (page 3) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin In-text plate (page 9) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin In-text plate (page 11) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin David and Bathsheda (in-text plate, page 13) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummyge 1952, published 1953
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Leonard Baskin Plate (page 15) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin In-text plate (page 19) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummnyge 1953
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Leonard Baskin Castle Street Dog (in-text plate, page 21) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1952, published 1953
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Leonard Baskin In-text plate (page 24) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin Plate (page 27) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin In-text plate (page 32) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin Tailpiece (page 34) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin Headpiece (glossary) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1953
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Leonard Baskin Device for The Gehenna Press (justification page) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1952, published 1953
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Leonard Baskin Device for The Gehenna Press from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge 1952, published 1953
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Leonard Baskin Frightened Boy and His Dog 1954
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Leonard Baskin The Hydrogen Man 1954
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Leonard Baskin, Ben Shahn Beatitude, after Ben Shahn 1955
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Leonard Baskin The Hanged Man 1955
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Leonard Baskin The Strabismic Jew 1955
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Leonard Baskin The Poet Laureate 1955
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Leonard Baskin Haman 1955
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Leonard Baskin Sorrrowing and Terrified Man 1955
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Leonard Baskin Man with a Dead Bird 1951-56
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Leonard Baskin Blake, after a Drawing by John Linnell (plate, folio 9) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Blake: A Fragment (plate, folio 11) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin An Adamite Vision of Blake (plate, folio 13) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Blake, after his Visionary Self Portrait (plate, folio 15) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Blake, from Life Mask by Deville (plate, folio 17) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Blake: An Imagined Death Mask (plate, folio 19) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Samuel Palmer when he First Met William Blake (plate, folio 21) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Samuel Palmer, after the Watercolor by Walter (plate, folio 23) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Samuel Palmer (plate, folio 25) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Samuel Palmer, after a Photograph (plate, folio 27) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin A Visionary Portrait of Henry Walker (plate, folio 29) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Edward Calvert (plate, folio 31) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Edward Calvert Preparing to Sacrifice a Lamb (plate, folio 33) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Edward Calvert, after a Portrait by his Third Son (plate, folio 35) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Frederick Tathem, from a Little-Known Photograph (plate, folio 37) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin George Richmond Engraving "The Shepherd" (plate, folio 39) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin George Richmond in his Engraving Costume (plate, folio 41) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Francis Finch (plate, folio 43) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients 1956
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Leonard Baskin Death of the Laureate 1957
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Leonard Baskin Phthiriidae from Horned Beetles and Other Insects (book published, 1958)
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