Leonard Baskin American, 1922-2000
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Second Post-stroke Self Portrait, 1991
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Ars Anatomica: IX, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: VI, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: X, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: XII, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: XIII, 1972
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes , 1972
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Ars Anatomica: I, 1970
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Hephaestus, 1963
Leonard Baskin made the human figure central to his sculpture, drawings, and prints, often confronting bodily vulnerability and mortality. Birds of prey recur alongside portraits and figures drawn from history, literature, and myth. His dense lines and forceful silhouettes also entered the books he produced through the Gehenna Press, where image, poetry, and typography were closely joined.
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Second Post-stroke Self Portrait, 1991 -
Ars Anatomica: IX, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: VI, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: X, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: XII, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: XIII, 1972
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes , 1972
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Ars Anatomica: I, 1970
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Hephaestus, 1963
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Second Post-stroke Self Portrait, 1991
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Ars Anatomica: IX, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: VI, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: X, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: XII, 1972
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Ars Anatomica: XIII, 1972
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes , 1972
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Ars Anatomica: I, 1970
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Hephaestus, 1963
Born 1922, New Jersey; died 2000.
Leonard Baskin was born the son of a Rabbi. He was educated in art at the New School for Social Research in New York City and at Yale University.
Baskin regarded himself primarily as a sculptor and also worked in printmaking, watercolor, and painting. The artist's mostly figurative work was at odds with much of the art making of his generation.
His work addresses political and social issues. He also ran a printing press and produced artist’s books.
Baskin's sculptures, books, and works on paper are held in collections including the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Leonard Baskin: Monumental Woodcuts 1952–1963 documents the exhibition presented at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco in 2000 and the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens in 2001.
