Angel of Death

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© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Angel of Death
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Angel of Death

Date1959
MediumWoodcut
Dimensionscomposition: 61 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (155.6 × 76.8 cm)
sheet: 78 × 37 1/4 in. (198.1 × 94.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nina Appel, 2009
Object number2009-77
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Label TextBaskin's large woodcuts are among his most powerful works. Howard Devree, art critic for The New York Times, described the artist's large drawings and prints as "almost startlingly anatomical." And though Baskin's lines do not denote specific muscles and veins, they course with life.
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