Leonard Baskin

Poet Laureate

1956

A weathered stone bust of a broad, simplified human torso and face sits on a white pedestal.
A weathered stone bust of a broad, simplified human torso and face sits on a white pedestal.

Leonard Baskin, Poet Laureate, 1956. Bronze, overall: 9 1/8 × 12 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (23.2 × 31.1 × 18.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 75.34

Recto

Not on view

Date
1956

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/8 × 12 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (23.2 × 31.1 × 18.4 cm)

Accession number
75.34

Credit line
Gift of Howard and Jean Lipman

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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