Ephemera, For Eakins

Leonard Baskin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000). Ephemera, For Eakins, 1966. Print, Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 15/16 in. (12.1 x 20.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Leonard Baskin, 70.33.15. © Estate of Leonard Baskin, Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Ephemera, For Eakins

Date

1966

Medium

Print

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 15/16 in. (12.1 x 20.2 cm)

Signatures

unsigned

Inscriptions

Front, printed: "For Eakins"; inside, printed: "Thomas Eakins died fifty / years ago. This anniversary / has passed unnoticed. The / Gehenna Press in sending / to its friends good augury / for the new year wishes to / mark & commemorate the / fiftieth year of Eakins' death."; back, printed: "Five hundred copies printed at / The Gehenna Press December / 1966. The portrait is / newly engraved by / Leonard Baskin / for this / keep- / sake."

Credit Line

Gift of Leonard Baskin

Accession Number

70.33.15

Rights

© Estate of Leonard Baskin, Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York

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