MODERN SCULPTURE COLLECTION
LEONARD BASKIN
[1922-2000]
LEONARD BASKIN
Birdman
1961
bronze
2/8
signed and dated
foundry stamped Bedi Rassy
66 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Dr Herbert Kayden, USA
Christies, 14 December 2015, 517
[The Museum of Modern Art, NY
collection includes this sculpture]
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking, p. 213
LEONARD BASKIN
Seated Birdman [Apollo]
1969
bronze
edition of 6
signed
17.5 cm high
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking, p. 215
LEONARD BASKIN
Birdman
1961
bronze
edition of 6
signed
35 cm high
Provenance: The artist, 1961;
Michael Ayrton collection;
Private collection, UK
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking, p. 213
LEONARD BASKIN
William Blake
1954
bronze
edition of 9
1/9
signed and dated
17.5 cm high
Provenance: The artist;
Michael Ayrton collection;
Michael Ayrton family;
Andrew Burt collection.
Literature: 'Leonard Baskin'
Irma Jaffe, 1980, Viking Press,
p. 210, pl. 97
One of Baskin's earliest bronzes
LEONARD BASKIN
Marsyas, 1971
bronze, edition of 2
signed, 119 cm high
Provenance: the artist;
Laura Speiser;
Bonhams, NY, 16.9.2010, lot 2152;
Alan Hobart [Pyms Gallery].
Marsyas was a Satyr in Greek Mythology and great musician
LEONARD BASKIN
Hanged Man
1956
bronze
ed. 6
18 cm high
Provenance: the artist;
Patricia Milne-Henderson [1935-2018]
