Haman

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Artist Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000)

Title Haman

Date 1955

Medium Woodcut on paper

Dimensions Image: 47 3/4 x 22 15/16 in. (121.29 x 58.26 cm)
Sheet: 68 7/8 x 40 in. (174.94 x 101.6 cm)
Framed: 75 3/8 x 44 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (191.45 x 113.98 x 6.35 cm)

Credit Line Gift of William Jackson, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2016.4

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This work is the largest Leonard Baskin print in the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art's collection and represents one of a dozen monumental-sized woodcuts created between 1952 and 1963. The subject of Haman reflects Baskin’s interest in characters from the Jewish Bible. Haman, a vizier in the Persian Empire, is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther and re-appears in other Baskin prints.

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"Haman | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2016.4