The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 8, 2026

A dark brown and gray-green bronze sculpture depicts a slender, vertical figure encased in a full-length burial shroud. Only the face is visible, peeking from a deep hood with a prominent nose and recessed eyes. Narrow, raised lines wrap around the body like fabric ties, forming horizontal and diagonal bands across the textured surface. The sculpture narrows toward its base.

John Donne in His Winding Cloth

c. 1955

Leonard Baskin

(American, 1922–2000)
America
bronze
Overall: 53.3 x 12.1 cm (21 x 4 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic R. Colie Jr., in memory of Rosalie L. Colie, II 1973.240
© The Estate of Leonard Baskin. Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Location: Not on view
  • Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
  • {{cite web|title=John Donne in His Winding Cloth|url=false|author=Leonard Baskin|year=c. 1955|access-date=08 June 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1973.240