Gustave Baumann(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Packard Motor Car Company 1917 Calendar: September/Octobertempera and ink on paper
inscribed center left: OK
inscribed center right: 7 Pass lowrise
Baumann designed six calendar pages for the Packard Motor Car Company in 1916, featuring the Packard Twin-Six automobile. This original tempera study was later transposed to four woodblocks, and later to lithographic plates for publishing. The full printed calendar is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library of the New Mexico History Museum, and the National Museum of American History-Smithsonian.
13 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (33.97 x 23.81 cm.), Frame: 21 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 1 in. (53.98 x 42.55 x 2.54 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Literature:
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. 241 - resulting woodcuts illustrated.
Condition
The painting is in overall very good condition. Mounted to support matting. Some bumping and fold marks to corners. Framed under acrylic. Frame in very good condition.
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