Gustave Baumann(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Princeton Carillon [Carillon Tower], 1945color woodblock with aluminum leaf, edition 26 of 125
signed lower right: Gustave [hand-in-heart chop] Baumann
titled lower left: PRINCETON CARRILLON
editioned and dated lower right: I 26 · 125 45
10 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (26.35 x 24.13 cm.), Frame: 29 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 7/8 in. (73.98 x 58.74 x 2.22 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Literature:
Baumann Inventory No. 133
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. 171.
Condition
The print is in overall good to very good condition. Minor foxing to margins. Partially erased pencil marks near title inscription. Framed under acrylic. Frame in very good condition, with normal wear.
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