The Poet Laureate

1955

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: woodcut in black on linen-backed wove paper
Dimensions: image: 58.5 × 122 cm (23 1/16 × 48 1/16 in.) sheet: 95.4 x 132.5 cm (37 9/16 x 52 3/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1964.8.220
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

The Poet Laureate — Leonard Baskin. 1955.

Medium: woodcut in black on linen-backed wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 58.5 × 122 cm (23 1/16 × 48 1/16 in.) sheet: 95.4 x 132.5 cm (37 9/16 x 52 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1964.8.220. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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