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Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000). "Screaming Man" color etching (artist proof), n.d. Hand-signed in pencil with "A.P." inscribed below image. An evocative artist proof etching by the legendary Leonard Baskin depicting a stylized screaming man with a beard of tangled tentacle-like whiskers radiating outward in a chaotic starburst that draws attention to his huge, gaping mouth. Dark shadow covers his eyes above his beak-like nose as strands of wiry hair rise from his tall forehead along with pointed ears or horns, suggesting this monstrous male is a type of demon or devil. A complex and fascinating image, embodying torment, agony, and anguish; certainly achieving Baskin's self-proclaimed aim to evoke "alarm, misgivings, and exaltation" in the viewer. Size of image: 4.75" W x 8.25" H (12.1 cm x 21 cm) Size of matte: 12" W x 16.75" H (30.5 cm x 42.5 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. 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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Hand-signed in pencil with "A.P." inscribed below image. Set in custom matte. Slight bend to paper, but otherwise in excellent overall condition.