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Leonard Baskin

Dead Bird

1952

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (3.2 x 6 cm)
Collection no.
1995.79.4
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Dead Bird — Leonard Baskin. 1952.

Medium: Wood engraving. Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (3.2 x 6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Irma B. Jaffe, 1995.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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