Gustave Baumann(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
The Mill Pond, 1913color woodcut, edition of approximately 20
initialed and dated lower left in image: GB / 13 / ©
printed lower left: HANDPROOF FROM THE ORIGINAL WOODCUTS
printed lower center: THE MILL POND BY GUSTAVE BAUMANN
printed lower right: PRINTED AT NASHVILLE, BROWN CO. IND.
24 3/8 x 33 3/4 in. (61.91 x 85.73 cm.), Frame: 33 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (85.09 x 105.41 x 4.45 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. 33.
Condition
The print is in overall very good condition. Some rippling to sheet, with minor wrinkling to sheet at upper right and lower left edges where sheet meets matte. Framed under acrylic. Frame in good to fair condition, with some bumping, gilt loss, and mitre splitting.
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