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January 26, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) Dead Crow (Horizontal Bird)

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$3,690$3,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3072BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 26, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000)

Dead Crow (Horizontal Bird)
Monogram signature and date "LB/1961" in the cast with a stamp from Bedi-Makky Art Foundry, Brooklyn, New York, l.r.
Bronze bas-relief with brown patina, 19 1/2 x 40 in. (49.4 x 101.6 cm).
Condition: Minor surface grime, dust to the interstices.

Provenance: A Massachusetts estate.

Literature: Irma B. Jaffe, The Sculpture of Leonard Baskin (New York: The Viking Press, 1980),Checklist p. 213, Fig. 84, pp. 132-33.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Irma B. Jaffe, Brooklyn