Blind Homer
Date1963
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
Publisher
Delphic Arts
(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)
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 viewClassificationsPRINT
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.