Jacques Gamelin
Date1969
Artist
Leonard Baskin
American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000
Publisher
Gehenna Press
American private publisher, 1942–2005
Illustration CitationLaus Pictorum: Portraits of Nineteenth Century Artists. Northampton, Massachusetts: Gehenna Press, 1969.
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 7 7/16 × 5 7/8 in. (18.9 × 14.9 cm)
sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-49.7
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBaskin was captivated by Jacques Gamelin's (1738–1803) Osteology—an unusual anatomical treatise about the bones of the human body that is illustrated with skeletons dancing, playing instruments, and drinking in a café.
Album/Photograph in album
