Leonard Baskin
American, 1922-2000
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- Names
Leonard Baskin
Baskin, Leonard
- Born
New Brunswick August 15, 1922
- Active
- Died
Northampton June 3, 2000
- Occupation or Type
printmaker
sculptor
- Bio
Leonard Baskin was among the most important and influential American book artists of the twentieth century. He began his influential Gehenna Press in 1942 and published more than 100 artists’ books over the course of more than fifty years.
- Gender
Male
- Related People
Founder: The Gehenna Press (American, established 1942)
Associate of: Michael Mazur (American, 1935-2009)
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