Artifex: Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press

Introduction

The early years of Gehenna Press

Baskin & Hughes

An Architect of the Page

“Of the making of books…”

Icones

Demons

Diptera

Honoring James Baldwin

The Oresteia

Capriccio

Sibyls

Demons : Demons

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After the publication of A Primer of Birds in 1981, Gehenna Press editions appeared in smaller, more rarefied editions, and were increasingly focused on Baskin's artwork. Baskin had virtually completed his designs and etchings for A Book of Demons when he died in June, 2000; Gehenna Press published the book posthumously the following year in an edition of 26, and Lisa Baskin signed the colophon.

Leonard Baskin. Color etching of a demon. From: A Book of Demons. The Gehenna Press, 2001.

Leonard Baskin. Artist’s proof. Color etching for A Book of Demons.

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Leonard Baskin. Artist’s proof. Color etching for A Book of Demons.

Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin