Artworks · Leonard Baskin

The Strabismic Jew

1955 · Woodcut

composition: 40 7/16 x 22 3/4" (102.7 x 57.8cm); sheet: 50 x 35 1/4" (127 x 89.5cm)

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The Poet Laureate

1955 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 23 1/8 x 48" (58.7 x 121.9cm); sheet: 33 1/16 x 55" (84 x 139.7cm)

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Dog, Abundant Bird, Collector's Mark for E. & L. Baskin, plates 92-94 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1954 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 29 × 17.3 cm (11 7/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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E. T. B. AET. 28, plate 95 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1954 · Linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 10 × 14.3 cm (3 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Projected Ex-Libris for C. G., Ex-Libris for S. D. Lockshin, Projected Ex-Libris for C.G., plates 89-91 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1954 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 7.2 × 29 cm (2 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Frightened Boy and His Dog

1954 · Woodcut

composition: 11 15/16 x 13 5/16" (30.4 x 33.8cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 20 1/16" (40 x 50.9cm)

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Plow and Dove, plate 83 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1953 · Linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 35.5 × 15.2 cm (14 × 6 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Man with Spring Plants, plate 85 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1953 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 33 × 14 cm (13 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Man with Forsythia, plate 84 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1953 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 38 × 26.5 cm (15 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Self-Portrait. L.B. AET. 30, Ex-Libris fro D. and B. Schiff, Still Life, plates 86-88 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1953 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 32.5 × 8 cm (12 13/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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View in Worcester, plate 82 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1953 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 25.2 × 21.7 cm (9 15/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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In-text plate (page 32) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 2 1/8 × 3 1/16" (5.4 × 7.7 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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In-text plate (page 24) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 2 1/8 × 3 1/8" (5.4 × 7.9 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Headpiece (glossary) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 1 1/4 × 6 11/16" (3.2 × 17 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Plate (page 15) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 6 1/8 × 2 1/16" (15.6 × 5.2 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Plate (page 27) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 5 1/8 × 3 1/16" (13 × 7.8 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Plate (page 3) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 5 11/16 × 6 1/8" (14.4 × 15.5 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Imaginary Portrait of John Skeleton (frontispiece) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 4 7/16 × 2 1/8" (11.2 × 5.4 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Tailpiece (page 34) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 1 7/16 × 4 1/8" (3.6 × 10.5 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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In-text plate (page 11) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 1 5/16 × 2 7/16" (3.4 × 6.2 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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In-text plate (page 9) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 2 7/16" (6.1 × 6.2 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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In-text plate (page 19) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummnyge

1953 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 3 1/16 × 2" (7.8 × 5.1 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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The Anatomist

1952 · Woodcut on paper

image: 502 x 279 mm

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Castle, Small Castle, plate 80 and 81 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 21.5 × 14.5 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Castle Street Dogs, plate 75-79 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 30 × 21 cm (11 13/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Castle Street Dogs, plate 70-74 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 26.5 × 24.4 cm (10 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Page 32, Page 27, Page 24, Page 11, plate 66-69 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of images: 33.3 × 32 cm (13 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Page 3, Page 15, plates 64 and 65 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 34 × 16.5 cm (13 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Two Blind Men, plate 58 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 19.5 × 12.5 cm (7 11/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Frontispiece, Page 9, Page 19, Glossary Head, plates 59-62 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Ex-Libris for the Saxe Collection, Device for the Gehenna Press, plates 56 and 57 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View all images: 23 × 9.5 cm (9 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Day of Atonement, plate 55 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 6.6 × 3.5 cm (2 5/8 × 1 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Blind Man, Three Blind Men, Ex-Libris for M. & B. Esty, Dead Bird, Pomegranate, Ex-Libris for R. G. Dick, Mark for Hyman Swetzoff, plates 48-54 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 30.3 × 25.5 cm (11 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Three Women Before a Plain, Study for Four Mystics, Saint Anthony, Illustration to Wilfred Own, Mental Cases from Wilfred Owen, Sienese Head, Little Florentino, David & Bathsheba, plates 36-42 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 30.8 × 23.8 cm (12 3/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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King David, Head, Abraham & Isaac, Thief Crucified, Man and the City, plates 43-47 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1952 · Wood engraving and linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 35.5 × 27.5 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Device for The Gehenna Press (justification page) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1952 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 1 1/4 × 2" (3.2 × 5.1 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Device for The Gehenna Press from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1952 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 3 11/16 × 1 3/4" (9.3 × 4.5 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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The Anatomist

1952 · Woodcut

composition: 18 3/4 x 11" (47.7 x 27.9cm); sheet: 24 13/16 x 14 3/4" (63 x 37.5cm)

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Man of Peace

1952 · Woodcut

composition: 59 5/8 x 30 7/8" (151.4 x 78.4cm); sheet: 81 1/8 x 41 15/16" (206 x 106.6cm)

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Castle Street Dog (in-text plate, page 21) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1952 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 1 1/8 × 3 1/16" (2.8 × 7.7 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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David and Bathsheda (in-text plate, page 13) from The Tunning of Elynour Rummyge

1952 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

composition (irreg.): 2 1/16 × 1 9/16" (5.2 × 3.9 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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The Tunning of Elynour Rummynge

1952 · Illustrated book with fifteen wood engravings

overall (closed): 11 13/16 × 7 11/16 × 3/8" (30 × 19.5 × 1 cm); composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 11 7/16 × 7 1/2" (29 × 19 cm)

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Bee, Dragon Fly, and Mandrill, plates 33-35 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1951 · Linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 33 × 13 cm (13 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Prawn & Crab, Insects, Flea, Vulture, Rooster, plates 28-32 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1951 · Linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 36.5 × 29 cm (14 3/8 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Spider, Scorpion, Lizard Skeleton, Bull, plates 18-21 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1951 · Linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

Spider: 9.5 × 7.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 in.); Scorpian: 10 × 13.8 cm (3 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Lizard: 2.5 × 14.7 cm (1 × 5 13/16 in.); Bull: 9.5 × 14.7 cm (3 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Tiger & Lamb, Bacon's Boar, Mosquito, Owls, Praying Mantis, plates 8-12 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1951 · Color linocuts on cream wove Japanese paper

Tiger image: 6 × 10.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Boar image: 6.5 × 9 cm (2 9/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Mosquito image: 7.3 × 7.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.); Owls image: 7.5 × 7.5 cm (3 × 3 in.); Mantis image: 5.5 × 16.5 cm (2 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Little Porcupine, Paris Shops, Boy with Cock, plates five, six, and seven from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1951 · Wood engraving and linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

Diam.: 24 cm (9 1/2 in.); Shop image: 4 × 8 cm (1 5/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Boy image: 8.5 × 4.8 cm (3 3/8 × 1 15/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Fly, Peacock, Porcupine, Hyena, Barracuda, Mouse, plates 22-27 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1951 · Linocut on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 33.5 × 27.5 cm (13 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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