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Artists›Leonard Havens

Leonard Havens

American, 1914–1973

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (39)

Juggler

1941 · Color etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 15.3 × 17.7 cm (6 1/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 17.8 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Back Yard

1941 · Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 18.3 × 23.5 cm (7 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.); Stone: 24.8 × 30.3 cm (9 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 × 40 cm (10 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

South Chicago

1941 · Color linocut on cream Japanese paper

Image: 22.1 × 29.8 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 42.2 cm (11 1/8 × 16 5/8 in.)

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National Defense

1941 · Color screenprint on off-white wove paper

Sheet, image is overmounted: 48.7 × 57.2 cm (19 3/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

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The Juggler

1941 · Color screenprint on ivory wove paper

Image: 43.4 × 30.2 cm (17 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 58 × 36.8 cm (22 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The River

1941 · Color screenprint on off-white wove paper

Image: 33.7 × 54.8 cm (13 5/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37 × 58.5 cm (14 5/8 × 23 1/16 in.)

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Juggler

1941 · Etching on off-white wove paper

Image: 15.3 × 7.9 cm (6 1/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Sheet: 23.6 × 15 cm (9 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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Indian Corn

1941 · Two-color wood engraving in yellow and purple on cream Japanese paper

Image: 15.5 × 22.9 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 21 × 26.9 cm (8 5/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Change This

1941 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.3 × 23.5 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 25.4 × 32.5 cm (10 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Maize

1941 · Wood engraving on cream wove paper

Image: 15.4 × 21.7 cm (6 1/8 × 8 9/16 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 32.2 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

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Chinese Evergreen

1941 · Four-color woodcut block print on cream Japanese paper

Image: 30.6 × 20.3 cm (12 1/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 42.1 × 27.4 cm (16 5/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

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Nature's Revenge

1940 · Color woodcut on cream Japanese paper

Image/block: 21.8 × 30.3 cm (8 5/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.9 × 42 cm (10 5/8 × 16 9/16 in.)

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Smoky Mountains

1940 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 17.6 × 23.3 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Stone: 25 × 29.8 cm (9 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25 × 30.9 cm (9 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

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French Quarter

1940 · Color relief print on cream Japanese paper

Image: 18 × 12.8 cm (7 1/8 × 5 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 21 cm (10 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.)

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Nature's Revenge

1940 · Woodcut in black on cream wove paper

Image/block: 21.7 × 30.5 cm (8 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.9 × 43.2 cm (11 × 17 1/16 in.)

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Moles

1940 · Lithograph on paper

22.3 × 17.8 cm (8 3/4 × 7 in.)

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Thirty Cents a Day

1940 · Lithograph on tan wove paper

Image: 18.2 × 13.8 cm (7 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 25.4 cm (12 13/16 × 10 in.)

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French Quarter

1940 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.6 × 23.2 cm (7 3/4 × 9 3/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 36.6 cm (11 1/2 × 14 7/16 in.)

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The Subway

1940 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper

55.4 × 41.4 cm (21 13/16 × 16 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fort Pine

1940 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 25.2 × 34.3 cm (9 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Sheet: 37 × 58.4 cm (14 5/8 × 23 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moles

1940 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 22.3 × 17.8 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 23.4 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sandblaster

1940 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 43.4 × 31.5 cm (17 1/8 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 58.5 × 36.5 cm (23 1/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Goethe Street

1939 · Woodcut in black on cream Japanese paper

Image/block: 30.5 × 23 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 41.5 × 27 cm (16 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Subway

1939 · Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

Image: 22.7 × 19 cm (8 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 29.5 × 23.6 cm (11 5/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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