Blind Homer

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

Blind Homer

Date1963
Artist (American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
Publisher (American publisher, active 1960s)
Illustration CitationDrawings for The Iliad. New York: Delphic Arts, 1963.
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 17 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (44.8 × 37.5 cm)
sheet: 26 3/16 × 19 15/16 in. (66.5 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-42.3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIncredibly well-read, Baskin often selected subjects from classical literature, including ancient Greek mythology. In 1963 he published a portfolio with three etchings and sixty lithographs illustrating Homer's epic poem, The Iliad.
© 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
1963
© 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
c. 1968
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
1968
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
c. 1968
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
c. 1968
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
c. 1970
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
1967
© Estate of Leonard Baskin/ Galerie St. Etienne, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaw…
Leonard Baskin
c. 1962