Leonard Baskin

Stag

Leonard Baskin issued many fine original prints on an individual basis. Such is the case with Stag, which was originally employed to illustrate the Gehenna ST. Julien the Hospitaller, by Flaubert. This original wood engraving is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in 1957 and is signed in pencil by Baskin. Stag is a fine, original example of the engraved art created by the American artist, Leonard Baskin.

Stag

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Leonard Baskin (New Brunswick, New Jersey, born, 1922 - Worchester, Massachusetts, 2000)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Gustave Courbet by Leonard Baskin	Original Wood Engraving	1969	Signed in pencil by Leonard Baskin under the image. Catalogue # 539, First and Only State.	Sold
02.-		Othello Young by Leonard Baskin	Original Woodcut	1973	Signed and numbered, '140/200' by Leonard Baskin in pencil along the lower margin. Catalogue # 633, First and Only State.	Sold
03.-		Stag by Leonard Baskin by Leonard Baskin	Original Wood Engraving	1957	Signed in pencil by Leonard Baskin under the image. Catalogue # 306, First and Only State.	Sold

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Title:	Stag
Artist:	Baskin, Leonard (New Brunswick, New Jersey, born, 1922 - Worchester, Massachusetts, 2000)
Date:	1957
Medium:	Original Wood Engraving
Publisher:	The Gehenna Press, Massachusetts
Note:	Leonard Baskin is clearly one of America's most influential graphic artists and sculptors. He studied art at New York University (1939 - 41), Yale (1941 - 43), the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris (1950) and the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence (1951). Baskin's first woodcut was created in 1948. Since that time he produced over eight hundred woodcuts, wood engravings, etchings, lithographs and monotypes. His prints and sculpture have been shown world wide, including one-man exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington, New York, Toronto, London, Belfast, Vienna and Mannheim. Leonard Baskin received many honours, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Gold Medal of the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award. His art is in such public collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the British Museum, and the Vatican Museums.
	Leonard Baskin first gained widespread notice in 1951. This was the year he founded the Gehenna Press, perhaps the most famous private press of the latter twentieth century. Through the Gehenna Press, Baskin published an amazing variety of fine limited edition books, most illustrated with his original graphic art. Baskin also issued many of these fine prints on an individual basis. Such is the case with Stag, which was originally employed to illustrate the Gehenna ST. Julien the Hospitaller, by Flaubert.
Raisonne:	Alan Fern and Judith O'Sullivan, The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin, Boston, New York, Graphic Society, 1984.
	Catalogue # 306, First and Only State.
Source:	St. Julien The Hospitaller, by Flaubert, published by Gehenna Press.
Size:	3 1/4 X 3 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full margins. Signed in pencil by Leonard Baskin. It is a beautifully printed and in excellent condition throughout. Stag represents a prime example of the famous art of Leonard Baskin.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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