Gustave Baumann(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Singing Woods, 1928color woodcut with metal leaf, edition 16 of 120
Second Edition
signed lower right: Gustave [hand-in-heart chop] Baumann
editioned lower right: 16-120
titled lower left: SINGING WOODS
This depiction of a stand of eucalyptus came from one of Baumann's trips up the coast of California, specifically from Laguna Beach. In a letter to his wife, Baumann wrote: "- well either I am crazy or I was crazy last year or this part of Cal. is really different from the Los A. blight - its Eucalyptus trees are a different variety from those in Phoenix still more lacy and with the full moon shining through them. I almost enthused but I'll reserve that until the stuff is tucked into my portfolio - two weeks of flops make me a suspicious woman." (Chamberlain p. 357)
13 x 12 7/8 in. (33.02 x 32.70 cm.), Frame: 29 x 23 x 3/4 in. (73.66 x 58.42 x 1.91 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Literature:
Baumann Inventory No. 90
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. 128.
Condition
The print is in overall very good condition. One small point of foxing at lower right margin, outside image. Framed under acrylic. Frame in very good to excellent condition.
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