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Leonard Baskin - Fifteen Woodcuts
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LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY BASKIN, one of only 100 copies (out of a total edition of 600 copies) with an extra woodcut printed from the block at the Gehenna Press, for a total of sixteen large folio woodcuts plates by Baskin. The Gehenna Press, founded by Baskin in 1942, was one of the premier 20th-century fine presses in America.
Includes his most famous images from the 1950's: Man of Peace, The Strabismic Jew, Mantegna at Erimitani, Hydrogen Man, Everyman, Terrified & Frightened Man, The Poet Laureate, Leonard Baskin (self-portrait 1952), Mourning Woman, Angel of Death, Death of the Poet Laureate, Torment, Tormented Man, Hanged Man and Haman. Note: The colophon indicates that the 100 copies with the extra plate should be numbered in Roman numerals, but this one is numbered "46" in Arabic numerals.
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- Date of Manufacture:1962
- Condition:Generally very clean with a slight bit of foxing and offsetting.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U110624905718
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