Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000 (sculptor)
Person
Biography
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), sculptor
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
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1 typescript letter signed from Hughes to Cooke, 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/5/38/1
Scope and Contents
1 typescript letter signed with manuscript annotations enclosing a copy of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Burning the Letters', illustrated by Leonard Baskin and published by the Rainbow Press and a small annotated cutting.
Dates:
1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Archive reading room is open by appointment, Wednesdays-Fridays, but all visits must be booked in advance. Photographs may not be taken of the Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes material without the permission of the Estates. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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Advertisement for 'Howls and Whispers', 1998
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/3/15
Scope and Contents
Advertisement from the Gehenna Press for their publication of 'Howls and Whispers' (2 copies).
Dates:
1998
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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Advertisement for 'The Oresteia of Aeschylus: A New Version', 2001
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/3/16
Scope and Contents
Advertisement from the Gehenna Press for their publication of 'The Oresteia of Aeschylus: A New Version' by Ted Hughes.
Dates:
2001
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
File
'Cave Birds' , 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/3/6
Scope and Contents
A note printed as part of the folder records these as being 10 poems printed for the first time and forming part of 'Cave Birds' which was a sequence of 20 poems written in 1974-1975 by Ted Hughes to drawings by Leonard Baskin. The poems are published together with prints from the related drawings and each poem is accompanied by a facsimile of a draft selected from the poet's working papers. The poems were printed by Balding and Mansell, Wisbech and published by The Scolar Press. This is...
Dates:
Publication: 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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Letter from Hughes to Cooke, undated, c. 1973-1974
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/2/2/7
Scope and Contents
1 manuscript letter signed. Hughes asks about a good area for sea trout fishing and mentions that Leonard Baskin has bought a house in Devon.
Dates:
undated, c. 1973-1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
The Ted Hughes material is open for consultation but photographs may not be taken without the permission of the Ted Hughes Estate. Those wishing to publish any material that is the copyright of the Ted Hughes Estate should seek permission from the Estate prior to publication. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for the Estate.
Series
Letter from Leonard Baskin, 1962
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8985/34
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters from many American and English poets and scholars, 1940-80; occasional manuscripts and typescripts of poetry; 18 letters on The Sandpipers; and a collection of letters of poets and writers, 1856-c.1950.
Dates:
1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Obituary of Leonard Baskin, 2000-06-07
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/8/4/6
Scope and Contents
Obituary of Leonard Baskin from The Times. The obituary talks about his work with Ted Hughes.
Dates:
Publication: 2000-06-07
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Relief panel of Ted Hughes and a crow by Leonard Baskin, 1978
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/5/4
Scope and Contents
Colour photographs of a relief panel in fibreglass, coloured to resemble bronze, of Ted Hughes and a crow. The panel was made in 1978 but it is not known when the photograph was taken.
Dates:
1978
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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Ted Hughes by Leonard Baskin, 1972
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/5/2
Scope and Contents
Head and shoulders drawing of Ted Hughes in black pen and grey wash on buff textured paper by Leonard Baskin. Signed and dated by Baskin in lower right hand corner.
Dates:
1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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'The Artist and the Poet, Leonard Baskin and Ted Hughes in conversation', 1983, 2009
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/4/4
Scope and Contents
Recording of a conversation between Baskin and Hughes in which they talk about their collaborations on such works as 'Crow' and 'Cave Birds'. The recording was unpublished until 2009 when Noel Chanan put the recording with pictures to create a video documentary.
Dates:
1983; Publication: 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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'The Interrogator / A Titled Vulturess', 1975-05
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/3/5
Scope and Contents
Poem by Ted Hughes, drawing by Leonard Baskin from the sequence 'Cave Birds'. Signed by Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin.
Dates:
Publication: 1975-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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