Hardwood sculpture of a female figure with upturned face and hands around her neck, carved from one large log. Condition: note split at top of head and along back side. Leonard Baskin (1922-2000, American) was a highlyrespected draftsman, printmaker, teacher, and sculptor, who had the ability to depict in an abstract style man and his relation to the world. Whether working with bronze or wood or two-dimensional mediums, his focus remained onlarge heroic, but flawed human beings who at times recall photographic images of concentration-camp victims or birds with human bodies that suggest mythological forms. Size: 14 x 10 x 53 in.