The General [Eagle]

1957

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 27 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (70.5 × 50 cm) Plate: 17 13/16 × 11 11/16 in. (45.3 × 29.7 cm)
Collection no.: 2002.397.46
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The General [Eagle] — Leonard Baskin. 1957.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 27 3/4 × 19 11/16 in. (70.5 × 50 cm) Plate: 17 13/16 × 11 11/16 in. (45.3 × 29.7 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Armand J. Fred Ferretti and Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, 2002.

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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