Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000). "Sarah" color lithograph, 1975. Edition 89 of 100. Artist's signature in lower left of image and date in lower right of image. Hand-signed with edition in pencil beneath image. An impressive color lithograph by legendary Leonard Baskin depicting the Old Testament matriarch and prophetess Sarah wearing a brilliant apricot-colored robe as she stands against an azure background in an intriguing pose with one hand just below her chin as though steadying her gaze and the other seemingly holding her womb - perhaps a reference to her miraculous pregnancy at the age of ninety. The matriarch looks out at the viewer with a knowing and austere countenance, as though aware of the great responsibility she holds to the Hebrew people. A great example of Baskin's expert use of multimedia and grand scale to create a striking composition, all set in a custom frame and ready for display! Size of image: 25" W x 36.25" H (63.5 cm x 92.1 cm) Size of frame: 30" W x 42" H (76.2 cm x 106.7 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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Artist's signature in lower left of image and date in lower right of image. Hand-signed with edition in pencil beneath image. Set in a custom frame with suspension wire on verso for display. Some light wrinkling to lower half of paper. Lithograph has not been examined outside of frame but appears to otherwise be in excellent condition.