George Minne
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: 6 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (16.2 × 10 cm)
sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 13/16 in. (35.4 × 27.5 cm)
sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 13/16 in. (35.4 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-49.11
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBelgian sculptor George Minne (1866–1941) is the most modern of the artists included in Baskin's portfolio. His most famous work is a fountain in Ghent surrounded by kneeling youths. The figures are simplified and stylized in a manner not unlike Baskin's early sculptures of men.
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