Theseus by Leonard Baskin, etching

Leonard Baskin: Theseus
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etching, 1969
Catalogue Reference: Fern & O'Sullivan 530
Plate/Image Size: 30.0 x 18.5 cm - (11¾ x 7¼ inches)
Sheet Size: 48.0 x 32.0 cm - (19 x 12½ inches)
signed and numbered 67/90 in pencil Baskin sub-titled this etching LB AET 46 (= Leonard Baskin aged 46)
Price: GB Ł250
Approx. US$375 (at 1.50 ) or 300 Euro (at 1.20)

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a perfect impression on pale cream pre-1939 Italian hand made paper with a watermark Umbria Amalfi and a crown; deckle edges on two sides and full, wide margins
in pristine condition

from the separate suite of 10 etchings aside from the book edition of 200 unsigned impressions

the etchings were made to illustrate the Gehenna Press edition of Robert Bagg's translation of Euripides' play about Hippolitos and his father Theseus and step-mother Phaedra, queen of the Amazons. They are among the most powerful images Baskin made of mythical subjects