Lazarus
Datec. 1960
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
Illustration CitationJohn Canaday, "Two Sculptors: Alexander Calder and Leonard Baskin Impressive in Contrasting Shows," The New York Times, March 20, 1960.
MediumBronze
Dimensions30 1/2 × 14 × 17 in. (77.5 × 35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-21
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextBaskin depicted the biblical figure Lazarus, who was raised from the dead, with his smooth head emerging from his burial wrappings.