Artworks · Leonard Baskin

Phaeneus Lancifer from Horned Beetles and Other Insects

1958 · Etching

composition (irreg.): 2 3/4 x 4 3/16" (7 x 10.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/2 x 12 7/8" (26.7 x 32.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Francisco de Goya

1957 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 37 × 45 cm (14 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.6 × 75 cm (21 15/16 × 29 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dark Thicket/ Forest at Night

1957 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 45 × 37 cm (17 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 75.9 × 56.2 cm (29 15/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

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The Great Tree

1957 · Etching on white wove paper

Image/plate: 45.2 × 37.2 cm (17 13/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 75.7 × 56.6 cm (29 13/16 × 22 5/16 in.)

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Apple Branch

1957 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 33.9 × 45 cm (13 3/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 56.2 × 75.8 cm (22 3/16 × 29 7/8 in.)

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Marigold

1957 · Etching in green and black on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 47.1 × 37.1 cm (18 9/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 76 × 56.5 cm (29 15/16 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Silversword, Projected Ex-Libris for E. S. B., plates 165-166 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 23.5 × 10.4 cm (9 5/16 × 4 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Love Me, Love My Dog, plate 167 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 18 × 15.2 cm (7 1/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thistle, Field, The Relic, Weeds, Borzoi, plates 145-149 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 34.3 × 25.5 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bird, plate 143b from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on orange-brown laid Japanese paper

Image: 14 × 6.5 cm (5 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death of the Laureate, plate 144 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: Diam.: 29.6 cm (11 11/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Ernst Barlach, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Barlach, Hart Crane, plates 137-140 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 31.5 × 22.8 cm (12 7/16 × 9 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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The Sea, plate 141 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 11 × 40.3 cm (4 3/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Seascape, plate 143a from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream laid Japanese paper

Image: 11.5 × 11.5 cm (4 9/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Skull, Projected Ex-Libris, Pomegranate Tree, Owl & Pomegranate, Bird's Skull, plates 132-136 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 30.2 × 20.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 3/16 in.); 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Stag, Boar, The Ascension, plates 129-131 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 28.8 × 28.5 cm (11 3/8 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Venus Shell, Sea Weed, plates 142-143 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1957 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

233 × 305 mm (view of all images; 430 × 440 mm (sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death of the Laureate

1957 · Wood engraving

composition: 11 11/16 x 11 5/8" (29.7 x 29.5cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 20 15/16" (50 x 53.2cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of Wilfred Owen, plate 126 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 20.6 × 10.3 cm (8 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Edward Calvert after a Portrait by His Third Son, Edward Calvert, Frederick Tathem from a Little Known Photograph, Francis Finch, Samuel Palmer after the Water Color by Walter, plates 115-119 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 26 × 10.5 cm (10 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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The Leper, The funeral, plate 127-128 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 34.2 × 23.4 cm (13 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.); 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Blake from the Life Mask by Deville, plate 107 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 10 × 7.3 cm (3 15/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Portrait of W. Blake, Blake: an Imagined Death Mask, Blake After a Drawing by John Linnell, plates 108-110 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 28.5 × 9.2 cm (11 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Winter's Grasses, Open Pomegranate, Mark for Boris Mirski, Mark for Richard Warren, Dog Skeleton, plates 102-106 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 31.7 × 18 cm (12 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Blake after his Visionary Self-Portrait, Samuel Palmer after a Photograph, Blake: A Fragment, An Adamite Vision of Blake, plates 111-114 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 21.5 × 25 cm (8 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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George Richmond Engraving "The Shephard," George Richmond in his Engraving Costume, Samuel Palmer, A Visionary Portrait of Henry Walter, Samuel Palmer when he first Met Blake, plate 120-125 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1956 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 24 × 18.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 7/16 in.); 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Edward Calvert (plate, folio 31) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 1 1/16 x 11/16" (2.7 x 1.7cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Samuel Palmer when he First Met William Blake (plate, folio 21) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 1 1/8 x 3/4" (2.8 x 1.9cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blake: An Imagined Death Mask (plate, folio 19) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 3 1/16 x 1 3/4" (7.7 x 4.4cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blake: A Fragment (plate, folio 11) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 1 1/4 x 1 11/16" (3.2 x 4.3cm); page: 5 1/2 × 6 3/4" (14 × 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blake, after his Visionary Self Portrait (plate, folio 15) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 1 15/16 x 1 3/8" (4.9 x 3.5cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Edward Calvert, after a Portrait by his Third Son (plate, folio 35) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 3 11/16 x 2 15/16" (9.4 x 7.5cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frederick Tathem, from a Little-Known Photograph (plate, folio 37) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 7/8 x 1" (2.3 x 2.6cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Francis Finch (plate, folio 43) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 1 x 11/16" (2.5 x 1.8cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Edward Calvert Preparing to Sacrifice a Lamb (plate, folio 33) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 1 5/8 x 3/4" (4.2 x 1.9cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blake, from Life Mask by Deville (plate, folio 17) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 3 15/16 x 2 7/8" (10 x 7.3cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

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Blake, after a Drawing by John Linnell (plate, folio 9) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 3 5/8 x 2 3/8" (9.2 x 6.1cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Samuel Palmer (plate, folio 25) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 1 7/16 x 1 7/16" (3.7 x 3.7cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Samuel Palmer, after a Photograph (plate, folio 27) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 4 x 2 11/16" (10.2 x 6.9cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Visionary Portrait of Henry Walker (plate, folio 29) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 11/16 x 1 5/16" (1.8 x 3.4cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

George Richmond Engraving "The Shepherd" (plate, folio 39) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 1 7/8 x 1 7/16" (4.8 x 3.6cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

George Richmond in his Engraving Costume (plate, folio 41) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 1 7/8 x 1 1/16" (4.7 x 2.7cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Samuel Palmer, after the Watercolor by Walter (plate, folio 23) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition (irreg.): 2 5/16 x 1 7/8" (5.8 x 4.8cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

An Adamite Vision of Blake (plate, folio 13) from Blake and the Youthful Ancients

1956 · Wood engraving

composition: 2 5/8 x 13/16" (6.6 x 2cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 9/16" (17 × 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Walt Whitman, plate 100 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1955 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 35.4 × 9.8 cm (13 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beattitude, plate 101 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1955 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

Image: 23 × 38.4 cm (9 1/16 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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Fantastic Creature, Mark for Louis Smith, Ex-Libris for Max Kahn, Angel, plates 96-99 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

1955 · Wood engraving on cream wove Japanese paper

View of all images: 30.5 × 25.5 cm (12 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

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The Hanged Man

1955 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 66 15/16 x 20 1/4" (170.1 x 51.4cm); sheet: 76 3/4 x 42" (195 x 106.7cm)

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