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Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000

LC control no.n 79089695
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3503.A775
Personal name headingBaskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
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See alsoFounded corporate body: Gehenna Press
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Employer: Hampshire College
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Employer: Smith College
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Associated placeAmherst (Mass.)
Birth date1922-08-15
Death date2000-06-03
Place of birthNew Brunswick (N.J.)
Place of deathNorthampton (Mass.)
Field of activityFine books
AffiliationYale University
Gehenna Press
Hampshire College
Smith College
Profession or occupationSculptors Illustrators Wood-engravers Printmakers Graphic artists Authors Teachers Printers
Found inBlake, W. Auguries of innocence, 1959.
N.Y. times, June 6, 2000 (Leonard Baskin; figurative sculptor and graphic artist; b. in New Brunswick, N.J.; d. on Saturday [June 3] in Northampton, Mass., where he lived, aged 77)
Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000, 2005: t.p. (Leonard Baskin)
Wikipedia, 23 July 2012 (Leonard Baskin; born August 15, 1922; died June 3, 2000; American sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher; student at Yale University; founder of Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production; taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College 1953-1974 in Northampton, Mass.; later taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
National bib agency no.0061D3270E
Associated languageeng
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