Original and reproductions of artworks by Leonard Baskin, with his correspondence, reviews and obituaries, 1956-2002, n.d.

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Comprises:

Artwork by Leonard Baskin as illustrations: 1. Four drawings for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, [1958];2. Six portraits of artists (George Stubbs, William Morris, Albrecht Altdorfer, Jacopo de Barbari, Andrea Mantegan and Vittore Pisanello), 1960; 3. Four birds (signed by Baskin), n.d.
Artwork by Leonard Baskin incorporated into invitations, announcements, and advertisements: 1. Proof poster for 'Sculpture and drawings by Leonard Baskin' at Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NYC, 8-26 May 1962; 2. Poster for 'Leonard Baskin Drawings' at Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NYC, 5-30 May [1964]; 3. Invitation to piano recital by Loren Hollander, New York, 1965; 4. Flyer for 'Leonard Baskin Sculpture' at Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NYC, 4-29 Feb [1966]; 5. Birth announcement of Lucretia Manya Baskin, 1974; 6. Invitation to the opening of Leonard Baskin's 'Angels to the Jews' exhibition, 1991; 7. Birth announcement of Remiel Moses Baskin, 2002; 8. Poster/invitation for Art Auction in aid of 'The Urgent Human Needs of Israel exhausted by War' held at Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, 19 Nov, n.d.; 9. Label for 'Lisa's West-Indies-Field Preserves & Jams, n.d.; 10-11. Two labels for 'Smith Glass & Mirror Co., Northampton, Mass., n.d.
Mainly black and white photographs of Baskin's drawings and prints: 1. 'The angels were seized with trembling', 1957; 2. 'Grieving angel', 1957; 3. 'Jeremiah', [1961]; 4. 'Shylock', 1963; 5. 'Rembrandt', 1964; 6. 'Half nude man'; 1964; 7. 'Malevolent angel', [1964]; 8. 'Benevolent angel', [1967]; 9. 'Paula Modersohn Becker', 1982.
Black and white photographs of Baskin's sculptures: 1. 'Barlach dead', 1959; 2. 'Seated man with owl', 1959; 3. 'Homage to Unamerican Activities Committee', 1959; 4. 'Owl', 1960; 5. 'Benevolent angel', 1962; 6. 'Aphtheosis', 1963; 7. 'Small birdman', 1963; 8. 'Expulsion' (2 photos), 1979; 9. 'Arrival', 1980; 10. Unknown, n.d.
Four photographs of Leonard Baskin in his studio, 1965, [1980], 1999. One of them is signed by Noel Chanan with his inscription 'for Albert and Evelyn, in memory of Leonard photo: November 1999'.
Correspondence, mainly letters to Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander and including greeting cards with Baskin's original art, 1956-1990, n.d.
Offprints, newspaper cutting and photocopies: undated photocopies of Baskin's portraits, biography, selected bibliography, list of exhibitions, locations of collections, etc.; 'Graphic Artists - Leonard Baskin' in Art in America, 1956; reviews of Baskin's art ('Four drawings, and an essay on Kollwitz', 1959; 'The Iliad of Homer', 1962; St Thomas Aquinas', 1962; 'Portraits of [19] artists, 1963; two reviews of 'Angels to the Jews', 1991); and his obituaries from The Times, 7 Jun 2000 and The Independent, 8 Jun 2000.