Illustrated with 21 etchings (some in chine collé) by Leonard Baskin (Large 12mo) 20.5x15 cm (8x6"), bound by Gray Parrot in tan full morocco with gilt-stamped roan morocco cover label within gilt-ruled borders, lettering in gilt on spine. Cloth-covered clamshell box with gilt-lettered roan morocco spine strip. No. 21 of 32, signed by the author and artist. Signed by the author and the artist at colophon, as issued. Each print also signed and numbered by Leonard Baskin Prospectus laid in. "The physical death masks inhabit the alien, weird, unknown world that exists between life & sculpture. The masks partake of both worlds & they move us by the vivid actuality of the people they portray & by the vagaries of artistry that cling to them." -Prospectus. Laid in is the small folded-leaf keepsake poem Upon a Deedman's Head by John Skelton with a cover illustration by Baskin.
Illustrated with 21 etchings (some in chine collé) by Leonard Baskin (Large 12mo) 20.5x15 cm (8x6"), bound by Gray Parrot in tan full morocco with gilt-stamped roan morocco cover label within gilt-ruled borders, lettering in gilt on spine. Cloth-covered clamshell box with gilt-lettered roan morocco spine strip. No. 21 of 32, signed by the author and artist. Signed by the author and the artist at colophon, as issued. Each print also signed and numbered by Leonard Baskin Prospectus laid in. "The physical death masks inhabit the alien, weird, unknown world that exists between life & sculpture. The masks partake of both worlds & they move us by the vivid actuality of the people they portray & by the vagaries of artistry that cling to them." -Prospectus. Laid in is the small folded-leaf keepsake poem Upon a Deedman's Head by John Skelton with a cover illustration by Baskin.
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