Oral history interview with Leonard Baskin, 1969 Apr. 17
Baskin, Leonard,
b. 1922
d. 2000
Educator, Sculptor
England
Size:
Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.
Transcript: 54 p.
Collection Summary: An interview of Leonard Baskin conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical/Historical Note: Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was a sculptor and graphic artist from Leeds, Mass. and Devon, England. Baskin was born 1922, in New Brunswick, N.J. and died Northampton, Mass., June 3, 2000, age 77. Worked on FDR memorial in Washington, DC. Studied at Yale Univ. Founded the Gehenna Press in 1942. Taught at Smith College, in Northampton, MA, 1953-1974, and Hampshire College, in Amherst, MA, 1984-1994.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
