Leonard Baskin/Gehenna Press fine printing & original prints 1960-63 Mass. Rev.

Description: Leonard Baskin/Gehenna Press fine printing and original prints, 1960-63 Wonderful collection of four vintage publications, each with original art and/or printing by artist Leonard Baskin and from his famed Gehenna Press, variously celebrating the work of Ernst Barlach, Wilfred Owen and Ben Shahn, Jacques Callot and Baskin himself. Ernst Barlach. Two Acts from The Flood, A Letter on Kandinsky Eight Sculptures. Brecht Notes on the Barlach Exhibition. Northampton: 1960. Contained in The Massachusetts Review, volume I, number 3, Spring 1960. Insert printed in red and black on blue paper containing . This issue has pages 414-604. Ca. 6” x 8 ¾”. The colophon reads “This insert was printed at The Gehenna Press for The Massachusetts Review. The wood engraved portrait by Leonard Baskin was printed from the block. The plates of Barlach’s sculpture were printed at The Meriden Gravure Company. The photographs were supplied by R. Piper Verlag.” The insert is ca. 42 pages plus the eight plates. Five Poems by Wilfred Owen with Drawings by Ben Shahn. Printed at the Gehenna Press for MR Winter 1961. Contained in The Massachusetts Review, volume II, number 2, Winter 1961. Eight page insert printed in red and black on purple paper containing reproductions of drawings by Shahn as arranged by Leonard Baskin. This issue has pages 197-380. Ca. 6” x 8 ¾”. The Etchings of Jacques Callot with a note by A. Hyatt Mayor.1961. Contained in The Massachusetts Review, volume III, number 1, Autumn 1961. Insert printed in red and black on purple paper containing. This issue has pages [1]-212. Ca. 6” x 8 ¾”. The colophon reads “All the Callots are reproductions from original impressions lent by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vershbow. The portrait of Callot was engraved by Leonard Baskin and printed from the block. The Callots were printed by the Meriden Gravure Company, the text by the Metcalf Printing Company, for The Massachusetts Review, Fall 1961.” Portraits of Artists by Leonard Baskin, eighteen reproductions and a wood engraving.1963. Contained in The Massachusetts Review, volume V, number 1, Autumn 1963. Full page portrait of Courbet Insert printed in black on heavy stock. This issue has pages [1]-196. Ca. 6” x 8 ¾”. The original Baskin print is easily removed and suitable for framing In addition to the artwork by Baskin, the complete issue is filled with fascinating pieces on the visual arts, literature, and the world at large from sixty years ago. A copy of this publication is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In addition to the fine printing and original artwork, each issue is filled with additional fascinating pieces on the visual arts, literature, and the world at large from sixty years ago. Wear commensurate with age and use including fading to the extremities, but the interiors are clean and bright. Please reference photos for details in terms of wears and losses, and ask questions before bidding. Item will be shipped by USPS Mail, US buyers only, do not ship internationally. Returns not accepted.

Price: 59 USD

Location: Corning, New York

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