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Study for "Bright Angel Trail"

1922

Gustave Baumann

Associated Names

Gustave Baumann

Artist, American, 1881 - 1971

The image shows a canyon landscape with rocks, ridges, and vegetation. The color palette includes warm earth tones like oranges and yellows, with touches of green, pink, and purple. Heights with blue suggest either mountains or water in the distance.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gouache and black ink over graphite, incised for transfer, on gray wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust
Dimensions

sheet: 25.08 × 29.53 cm (9 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2013.124.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Ann Baumann, the artist's daughter, Santa Rosa; gift to NGA, 2013

Associated Names

Bibliography

2019

Chamberlain, Gala. In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019, no.

Inscriptions

recto: lower left in graphite: Bright Angel Trail # 39; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64572794

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