The Making of THE HUMAN FRAME: PRINTS BY LEONARD BASKIN

Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) first gained notoriety through printmaking, a practice he maintained throughout his career – though many know him now as a sculptor.  In addition, he founded the Gehenna Press and collaborated with artists, writers, and other presses to produce artists’ books and bound publications.  This exhibition focuses on Baskin’s prints, in which creatures, human and otherwise, embody themes of morality and mortality as seen in his haunting portraits and satirical personifications of death.