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Beachscape

Leonard Baskin and International Graphic Arts Society, Inc.

Beachscape

1963

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Beachscape

1963

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 552 x 456 mm. (21 3/4 x 17 15/16 in.) Plate: 447 x 375 mm. (17 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Edmund Glaser, Baltimore
Object Number 2009.18
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Ed Glaser, Baltimore; purchased from IGAS

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "137-200"; lower right in graphite: "Baskin"

Artist

Leonard Baskin

born New Brunswick, NJ 1922; died Northampton, MA 2000

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Publisher

International Graphic Arts Society, Inc.

The International Graphic Arts Society (IGAS) was a nonprofit organization founded in 1951 with the dual goals of promoting the work of contemporary printmakers and bringing print media to a wider audience. IGAS served as a driving force behind the post-World War II "Print Renaissance" in the United States for the next two decades. At the core of IGAS was a seven-member jury that was responsible for selecting the artists who would then be commissioned to produce editions that would eventually be sold to IGAS members. Among the artists published by IGAS are Karel Appel, Leonard Baskin, Hans Erni, Stanley W. Hayter, Jean Iurcat, Ynez Johnston, Ezio Martinelli, Seong Moy, Gabor Peterdi, Paul Shaub, Kiyoshi Saito, Ben Shahn, Carol Summers, Rikio Takahashi, Peter Takal and Ada Yunkers. [Sources: Syracuse University website http://travex.syr.edu/exhibitions/SUArt/IGAS.html; https://archive.org/stream/calendarofdukeun1963duke/calendarofdukeun1963duke_djvu.txt and College Museum Notes Author(s): Patrick J. Kelleher Source: Art Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Summer, 1963)]
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