Tiger & Lamb, Bacon's Boar, Mosquito, Owls, Praying Mantis, plates 8-12 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Leonard Baskin

Title

Tiger & Lamb, Bacon's Boar, Mosquito, Owls, Praying Mantis, plates 8-12 from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1951

Medium

Color linocuts on cream wove Japanese paper

Dimensions

Tiger image: 6 × 10.5 cm (2 3/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Boar image: 6.5 × 9 cm (2 9/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Mosquito image: 7.3 × 7.3 cm (2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.); Owls image: 7.5 × 7.5 cm (3 × 3 in.); Mantis image: 5.5 × 16.5 cm (2 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 43 × 44 cm (16 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1961.880.12

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