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Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000). "Dog in the Meadow" etching, edition 82 of 100, ca. 1960s. A haunting scene of a dog lying in a grassy meadow with a large black crow signifying death perched above. Baskin was a creative force for more than 5 decades and worked in a variety of media. "Dog in the Meadow" is rendered in Baskin's characteristically intense manner. It is set in a custom frame and hand signed. Size (plate mark): 14.875" L x 8.75" W (37.8 cm x 22.2 cm) Size (frame): 28.2" L x 19.875" W (71.6 cm x 50.5 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. "Angel of Death" has been collected by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art among others (accession numbers 1971.300, 1971.25, and 1961-157-4 respectively). 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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#175862

Mounted in custom matte and frame under glass. Etching has not been examined outside of frame. Image is vivid with normal toning to the paper. Frame has minor scuffs and is fit with a suspension wire.