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Maker(s):Baskin, Leonard
Culture:American (1922-2000)
Title:Ex-Libris for Saxe Collection of Worcester Public Library [bookplate]
Date Made:1952
Type:Print
Materials:Wood engraving in red on shiny-backed white wove paper
Measurements:mat: 11 15/16 in x 8 7/8 in; 30.32125 cm x 22.5425 cm; sheet: 5 11/16 in x 4 7/16 in; 14.44625 cm x 11.27125 cm; plate: 5 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 10.795 cm; image: 4 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 9.525 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: l. side, vertically along image (black ink): THE WORCESTER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY; r. side, vertically along image (black ink): JAMES ALFRED & MARY WICK SAXE FUND. Verso of mat: upr. l. (graphite): Baskin, Leonard bookplate / Gift of Abraham Kamberg / Free Public Library of Worcester; lwr. r. (label & graphite): Museum of Fine Arts / Springfield, Mass. / American / "Leonard Baskin in / Mass." / Nov 23 - Jan 5, 1975 / 1972.178.I(b).RII / Mt. Holyoke.
Accession Number:  MH 1972.178.I(b).RII
Credit Line:Gift of Abraham Kamberg
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print is a bookplate; it depicts a standing man holding a globe and a seated woman playing the lute, both dressed in robes; there is writing alongside the image on the left and right and decorative borders along top and bottom.

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