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Baskin, Leonard. 1969 Leonard Baskin Pencil Signed Wood Engraving "Jacques Gamelin". , 1969.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This arresting portrait is of the late 18th c. French painter Jacques Gamelin. It is part of a series of portraits Baskin did of artists. "Laus Pictorum". printed and published by Gehenna Press. It is editioned and signed in graphite at the lower margin: "XXIV/C Baskin". The original mat is blind-stamped with the title: "Jacques Gamelin". Image size 7 1/2" x 5 3/4" printed on a 14" x 11" sheet of paper. Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), American artist and sculptor, founded Gehenna Press in 1942, one of the first fine art presses in the United States. His prodigious output is held in most major art institutions, including: British Museum, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, etc. Condition: Fine condition.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Leonard Baskin. A Portrait of Thomas Eakins. Gehenna Press, 1969.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Northampton MA: Gehenna Press, 1969. SIGNED Artist's Proof. Woodcut from the portfolio "Laus Pictorum: Portraits of 19th Century Artists." Annotated "A.P." and signed in pencil. 11"x14" (sheet). In fine condition with bits of tape near bottom of the sheet.
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Complete set of 15 signed and numbered wood engravings and etchings on various wove papers, enclosed in the original red leather portfolio within a leather backed- marbled board clam-shell case, lightly rubbed on the spine. Folio. Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1969. Limited First Edition. One of 175 copies. This set has Roman numerals, typically reserved for the edition with double plates.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Leonard Baskin, set of 15 signed in pencil and inscribed "AP." The prints are 10 wood engravings and 5 etchings, 12 in paper mats, 3 not matted. Includes text on each portrait, wood engraving of a crow on pomingrate on colophon page. Signed colophon, folio, in leather backed clamshell case. Laid in promotional flayer reproducing all the print and promoting the publication. Prints and text in excellent condition, clam shell box shows very minor shelf wear. Inventory #14491-1 From colophon: "The edition of Laus Pictorum is arranged as follows: one hundred copies have a double set of portraits, both sets matted, numbered I to C: seventy-five copies have in addition to a matted set an extra suite of the portraits and are numbered CI to CLXXV: one hundred & seventy-five copies have a single set of matted portraits and are numbered 1 to 175. A group of Artist's sets are lettered A to ZZ All prints are signed. Harold McGrath was the pressman. . ."
Seller: The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.