Gustave Baumann(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Harden Hollow, 1927color woodcut, edition 38 of 125
Second Edition
signed lower right: Gustave [hand-in-heart chop] Baumann
titled lower left: HARDEN HOLLOW
editioned lower right: 38 125
By 1927 Baumann had been living in Santa Fe for nearly a decade and considered it his permanent home. Now married, to opera singer and actress Jane Devereaux, the couple was happily awaiting the birth of their daughter Ann and Gustave didn't want to travel too far from home. For fresh artistic inspiration he referred to old sketches of his former home, the place where he got his true start as a color woodcut artist in his own right: Brown County, Indiana. (Annex Galleries)
9 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (23.18 x 28.26 cm.), Frame: 25 3/8 x 22 1/8 x 3/4 in. (64.45 x 56.20 x 1.91 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Literature:
Baumann Inventory No. 16
Gala Chamberlain, Nancy E. Green, and Thomas Leech, In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann: A Catalogue Raisonné, Rizzoli Electa, 2019, No. 116.
Condition
The print is in overall excellent condition. Framed under acrylic. Framed in good condition with minor bumping and gilt loss.
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