Euripedes

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

Euripedes

Date1969
Artist Leonard Baskin American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000
Publisher Gehenna Press American private publisher, 1942–2005
Illustration CitationThe Hippolytos, by Euripedes (Northampton, Massachusetts:Gehenna Press, 1969).
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 11 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (30 × 19.1 cm)
sheet: 19 1/16 × 12 9/16 in. (48.4 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-40.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBaskin produced ten etchings inspired by the ancient Greek tragedy Hippolytos by Euripedes. Baskin based his portrait on an ancient bust of the author.