The Life and Origins of Maurice Baskine Born Miron Maurice Baskine on October 7, 1901, the artist arrived in a world of shifting borders. His origins trace back to Kharkiv, in the Russian Empire, within what is now Ukraine. This early connection to his Ukrainian heritage remained a quiet part of his identity as his family moved to Paris in 1905. Growing up in the French capital, he would eventually establish himself within its complex…