Lazarus

© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Lazarus
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Lazarus

Datec. 1960
Artist (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 view
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextBaskin depicted the biblical figure Lazarus, who was raised from the dead, with his smooth head emerging from his burial wrappings.