Angel of Death

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

Angel of Death

Date1959
Artist (American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
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.
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
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Leonard Baskin
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© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
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© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
1963
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
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