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THBLeonard Baskin Woodcut - Sunflower Artist Proof
Lot 186
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000). Color woodcut on paper, an artist's proof, n.d. Signature and "proof" handwritten in pencil beneath image. A striking color woodcut by Leonard Baskin depicting a lone sunflower with pointed yellow petals and a stylized spiral over the seeded center delineated in shades of brown ranging from cocoa to chocolate. Sunflowers are usually associated with the sun and general happiness. This theme is rather unusual for Baskin, given that most of his oeuvre includes haunting images that lean toward the darker side. Size (print): 16.25" L x 12.5" W (41.3 cm x 31.8 cm) Size (matte board): 20.2" L x 16.4" W (51.3 cm x 41.7 cm)
Leonard Baskin was a 20th century "Renaissance Man"- a highly respected sculptor, printmaker, writer, and watercolorist. His prints included mythological, classical, and biblical scenes as well as portraits and floral studies. Baskin studied at Yale University from 1941 to 1943 and received his B.A. at the New School for Social Research in 1949. He also founded Gehenna Press which specialized in fine book production and taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts as well as Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts from 1953 until 1974. Baskin's artworks are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Vatican Museum, the Smithsonian Institute, the Tate Gallery in London, and other elite institutions. His noted public sculptural commissions include pieces for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial as well as the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Baskin also received many prestigious honors, such as a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Gold Medal of the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award. He was also honored with numerous retrospective exhibitions at institutions including the Smithsonian Museum, the Albertina Museum, and the Library of Congress.
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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#175944Artist's signature and "proof" handwritten in pencil beneath image. Float mounted to matte board. Generally excellent with vivid image and coloration.Condition
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