Author: FERN, ALAN, ESSAY (ANNOTATED BY LEONARD BASKIN)
Title: Leonard Baskin
Description: Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Insstitution / National Collection of Fine Srts, 1970. First Edition (?). Softcover. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Soft cover is tan with white lettering on front. Pages are clean and tight. SIGNED BY LEONARD BASKIN on the half title page. Pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with 62 b/w illustrations by Baskin. Leonard Baskin ( 1922 – 2000) the son of a rabbi, was an American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. His public commissions include a bas relief for the impressive Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington DC and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 at the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Many museums hold works by him. Sections include: catalog of the exhibition; biographical note; bibliography. ; Exhibition Catalogue Series; B&W Illustrations; 8.43 X 5.85 X 0.73 inches; 76 pages; Cover has light shelf wear and sunning; rubbing on spine. 1/2" greyish mark on the cover; shallow crease in the upper right corner of the cover. ; Signed by Illustrator. Very Good+ .

Keywords: American Artists; Sculptors; Art Exhibitions; Prints; Engravers; Illustrator; Award Winner; American Artists; Guggenheim Fellow; Cultural History Education Architecture American History Furniture/Interiors/Decorating Antiques/Collectibles Judaism/Jewish H