Leonard Baskin
American · 1922–2000 · Printmaker, Sculptor
Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, draughtsman, and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942–2000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
ApotheosisWright · $40,950≈ £25,172≈ €35,084Sign up to see
CapriceRago Auctions · $17,640≈ £13,988≈ €16,309Sign up to see
SpellboundWright · $14,160≈ £8,467≈ €12,331Sign up to see
Leonard Baskin’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
68 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 30 | 15 | 50% | $1.1kSign up | $938Sign up | $2.4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 12 | 9 | 75% | $1.3kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $2.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 18 | 6 | 33% | $734Sign up | $707Sign up | $1.2kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 74 | 60 | 81% | $308Sign up | $250Sign up | $1.3kSign up |
| Etching | 23 | 19 | 83% | $250Sign up | $199Sign up | $479Sign up |
| Drypoint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $325Sign up | $325Sign up | $325Sign up |
| Lithograph | 15 | 9 | 60% | $399Sign up | $318Sign up | $1.1kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 33 | 30 | 91% | $321Sign up | $252Sign up | $1.3kSign up |
| Print (other) | 2 | 1 | 50% | $125Sign up | $125Sign up | $125Sign up |
| Sculpture | 15 | 15 | 100% | $6.8kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $41kSign up |
| Other | 22 | 21 | 95% | $1.6kSign up | $357Sign up | $13.8kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 6 | $347Sign up |
| 2025 | 15 | 14 | $359Sign up |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | $441Sign up |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | $200Sign up |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | $479Sign up |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | $260Sign up |
| 2020 | 15 | 6 | $655Sign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | $7.6kSign up |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | $250Sign up |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | $325Sign up |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | $12kSign up |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 | $275Sign up |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | $325Sign up |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | $488Sign up |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | $613Sign up |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | $350Sign up |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | $144Sign up |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | $225Sign up |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | $326Sign up |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | $2.2kSign up |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | —Sign up |