MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION

LEONARD BASKIN
[1922-2000]

LEONARD BASKIN

Birdman
1961
bronze
2/8
signed and dated
foundry stamped Bedi Rassy
66 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Dr Herbert Kayden, USA
Christies, 14 December 2015, 517
[The Museum of Modern Art, NY
collection includes this sculpture]
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking, p. 213

LEONARD BASKIN

Seated Birdman [Apollo]
1969
bronze
edition of 6
signed
17.5 cm high
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking, p. 215

LEONARD BASKIN

Birdman
1961
bronze
edition of 6
signed
35 cm high
Provenance: The artist, 1961;
Michael Ayrton collection;
Private collection, UK
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking, p. 213

LEONARD BASKIN

William Blake
1954
bronze
edition of 9
1/9
signed and dated
17.5 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Michael Ayrton collection;
Michael Ayrton family;
Andrew Burt collection.
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking Press,
p. 210, pl. 97
One of Baskin's earliest bronzes

Baskin is a US sculptor and printmaker who was very famous internationally during his lifetime, but has rather drifted out of fashion since.
Most US public collections hold his work including the Museum of Modern Art [New York].

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