Early Spring

Gustave Baumann
1927
Color Woodblock Print
9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches

Other Information
Framed dimensions: 19 3/4 x 21 inches
Inscription: Signed lower right
Provenance: Private Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Exhibited: Santa Fe, New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico Art Gallery, "Gustave Baumann: Color Woodblock Prints," March 1–31, 1927; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "The New Mexico Painters," March 14–April 17, 1927; Dayton, Ohio, Little Gallery, Dayton Art Institute, "Gustave Baumann Prints," February 3–24, 1929; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, "Gustave Baumann Color Woodblock Prints," opened March 9, 1930; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico Art Gallery, "Gustave Baumann: A Retrospective Exhibition of Color Wood Cuts," June 8–July 27, 1952; Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, "Gustave Baumann: Woodblock Prints from the Holme Roberts & Owen Collection," April 20–June 9, 1991 (other examples).
Literature: Acton, David, "Hand of a Craftsman: The Woodcut Technique of Gustave Baumann," Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1996, reprod. in color, plate 8, p. 98; Gala Chamberlain, "In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann." Rizzoli Electa, New York, 2019, 41, p. 332 (color, other examples).
Printed in six colors by the artist on cream Zanders laid paper with the Hand-in-Heart watermark. Good condition, original Baumann frame. Examples of this print may be found in the permanent collections of the New Mexico Museum of Art; the New York Public Library; the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; and the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Chamberlain no. 115, Baumann no. 12.
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