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Leonard Baskin

Leonard Baskin

1922

WA-00012878

SculptureExpressionism

Representation

None documented

28

Institutional Exhibitions

378

Works in Collection

644

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ2601617

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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A Penthouse Aviary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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A Museum Menagerie

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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American Prints from the International Program

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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A Selection of Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Drawings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966–1967

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Greetings!

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

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44 Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965–1966

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyAi Generated· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/369
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (378)

Plate (facing page 130) from DEATH OF A SALESMAN

1984 · Etching, printed in black

plate 7 3/16 x 5 5/16" (18.3 x 13.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death of a Salesman

1984 · Illustrated book with 5 etchings (2 with roulette)

Page: 10 9/16 x 8 1/16" (26.8 x 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 158) from DEATH OF A SALESMAN

1984 · Etching with roulette, printed in black

plate 7 3/16 x 5 1/4" (18.2 x 13.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 28) from DEATH OF A SALESMAN

1984 · Etching

plate 7 3/16 x 5 5/16" (18.3 x 13.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 72) from DEATH OF A SALESMAN

1984 · Etching with roulette

plate 7 3/16 x 5 3/8" (18.3 x 13.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 1) from DEATH OF A SALESMAN

1984 · Etching

plate 7 3/16 x 5 1/4" (18.3 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1983 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dog in the Meadow

1966 · Etching

Plate: 15 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (38.3 × 21.7 cm) Sheet: 22 × 15 in. (55.9 × 38.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1966 · Etching

Plate: 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (31.1 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 in. × 14 in. (50.5 × 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1966 · Etching

Plate: 8 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (22.2 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 14 in. × 19 3/4 in. (35.6 × 50.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Eakins

1964 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 45.2 × 33.6 cm (17 13/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 74.4 × 52.4 cm (29 5/16 × 20 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1964 · etching

45.2 x 33.6 cm (17 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Goltzius

1962 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 45 × 37.5 cm (17 3/4 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 74.7 × 52.2 cm (29 7/16 × 20 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait at the Age of 42

Self-Portrait at the Age of 42

1962 · Woodcut on off-white Japanese paper

Image: 81 × 60 cm (31 15/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 89 × 61.3 cm (35 1/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Priam Offering Gifts

Priam Offering Gifts

1962 · Brush with India ink on paper

68 × 102 cm (26 13/16 × 40 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stefano della Bella

1962 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tree in Spring

1961 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 44.9 × 37.5 cm (17 11/16 × 14 13/16 in.); Sheet: 76 × 56.2 cm (29 15/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thorn Apple

1961 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 45 × 37.2 cm (17 3/4 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 75.7 × 56.4 cm (29 13/16 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Colophon from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Colophon from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1961 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1961 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1961 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1961 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1961 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Catalogue and Index, from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1961 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

378 published of 642 catalogued · 207 with image

MoMA
263 publishedof 527 catalogued106 img
Art Institute Chicago
100 published100 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Self-Portrait
1983 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Tobias and the Angel
1958 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Marigold
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Man with Forsythia
1953 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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John Donne in His Winding Cloth
1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Thomas Eakins
1964 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Portrait of Eakins (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

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