Leonard Baskin
It Cut Through the White Teeth, Through the Tongue's Base so that the Spearhead Came Out Underneath the Jawbone

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It Cut Through the White Teeth, Through the Tongue's Base so that the Spearhead Came Out Underneath the Jawbone
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ArtistAmerican, 1922–2000
Print studioMeriden, Connecticut
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • It Cut Through the White Teeth, Through the Tongue's Base so that the Spearhead Came Out Underneath the Jawbone
  • from the portfolio Drawings for the Iliad
Date1962
MediumLithograph, edition 6/150
DimensionsSheet: 26 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (66.2 × 50.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert L. Manning
Object number82.53.16
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Leonard Baskin
He Thinks of the Death Spirits, and his Teeth Chatter Together
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.31
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Leonard Baskin
The Fierce Wild Boar with the Shining Teeth
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.27
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Leonard Baskin
Even So, I Zeus Shall Stay Here Upon the Fold of Olympos Sitting Still, Watching, to Pleasure My Heart
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.42
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Leonard Baskin
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1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.58
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Leonard Baskin
The Goddess with the White Arms, Hera
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.33
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Leonard Baskin
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1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.4
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Leonard Baskin
Nestor; His Time Two Generations of Mortal Men had Perished
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.6
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Leonard Baskin
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1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.5
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Leonard Baskin
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1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.7
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Leonard Baskin
Aphrodite; She Then Went Away to Summon Helen
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.11
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Leonard Baskin
The Heralds Led Up the Victims for the Gods' Oaths
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.10
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Leonard Baskin
Menelaos in his Wrath
1962
Lithograph, edition 6/150
82.53.9