09-11-200909-12-2009
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September 11, 2009 12:00 PMCalender
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Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) Lot of Four Works: Two Blind Men

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$444$375
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2470Location: BostonDate / Time: September 11, 2009 12:00PM

Description:

Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)

Lot of Four Works: Two Blind Men, c. 1952/53 (Fern & O'Sullivan, 215); The Owl That Calls Upon the Night Speaks the Unbeliever's Fright, 1959, reproduced version of 1961 (Fern & O'Sullivan, 375); Death Among the Thistles, 1959 (Fern & O'Sullivan, 379); and Pomegranate - New Year's Greeting, 1960 (Fern & O'Sullivan, 410). Blind and Thistles signed in pencil l.r. Woodcuts and wood engravings on paper, image sizes to 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Mat burn, subtle toning, Blind with foxing, not examined out of frames.

N.B. The lot is accompanied by the pamphlet Leonard Baskin: Ten Woodcuts, (The Gehenna Press: Northampton, Massachusetts),1961.
Estimate $400-600

Keywords

Leonard Baskin, Massachusetts, Northampton, Gehenna Press