Artist Monograph

Leonard Baskin, American

American, 1922–2000

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Engraving 138 52.3%
Etching 55 20.8%
Other Media 32 12.1%
Woodcut 19 7.2%
Printmaking 9 3.4%
Sculpture 2 0.8%
Watercolor 1 0.4%
Drawing 1 0.4%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 262 99.2%
Painting & Sculpture 2 0.8%

Production by Decade

3
1940s
247
1950s
8
1960s
6
1980s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 235
  • Print — 25
  • Sculpture — 2
  • Drawing — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)22587.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)259.7%
Large (1–3 m)83.1%

Range: 2.5 cm → 209.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
195231
195320
19541
19551
19561
195710
195949
19614
196212
196437
196514
196669
19671
19778
19856

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas