1980s
Pen and ink copy after one of my favorite artists growing up- Leonard Baskin. Baskin illustrated Dante's: The Divine Comedy. Seems a sin this masterpiece, issued in three huge slip cased volumes in 1969, is still obtainable for under $100.
"A wondrous thing it was to see his head,
Wearing three faces."
Inferno XXXIV, 35-36
The three unfortunate souls condemned to eternal gnawing in the mouth of Dis are: Judas, Brutus and Cassius.
A pen and ink copy after another illustration by Leonard Baskin for Dante's "The Divine Comedy" translated by Thomas G. Bergin, Grossman Publishers, New York 1969.
LEONARD BASKIN
Death Among the Thistles
1959
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
composition: 6 x 8 1/16"
sheet: 11 7/16 x 18 1/4"
Edition
not limited
I think the above wood engraving ranks up there with Edvard Munch's The Scream as one of the most memorable images of the last 150 years. A minority opinion. Original prints still come up occasionally for sale and seldom go for more than $500. Baskin seems sorely undervalued...
"We're gonna have a TV party tonight
All right!
We've got nothing better to do
than watch TV and have a couple of brews"
Black Flag (1981)
