The Poet Laureate

Leonard Baskin (1922-2000)

Date

1955
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Woodcut
Dimensions

Image: 23 1/4 x 47 7/8 in.
Sheet: 39 7/8 x 69 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. beneath image, in graphite: Poet Laureate
l.r. beneath image, in graphite: Baskin
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist
Accession Number

1971.27
Copyright

© The Estate of Leonard Baskin; Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York

American Masters of the Woodcut

March 29–October 12, 2003

This exhibition presents a survey of the resurgence of relief printmaking in America, when it was transformed into a lively art form well suited to accommodate a highly personal and experimental approach to graphic expression.

Location: Off view

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