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Maker(s):Baskin, Leonard
Culture:American (1922-2000)
Title:Ex-Libris for Bennett and Doris Schiff [bookplate]
Date Made:1953
Type:Print
Materials:Wood engraving in black on thin buff wove paper
Measurements:Sheet: 8 in x 7 1/4 in; 20.3 cm x 18.4 cm; Image: 3 1/16 in x 1 5/8 in; 7.8 cm x 4.1 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. r. (graphite): Baskin.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.606
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print is a bookplate; it depicts a peacock near the top with a book and ornament hanging from its feathers, a man's head with grizzled beard near bottom, and a lizard/bird creature to the right holding a skull.

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