Bright Angel Trail

1922

Gustave Baumann

Associated Names
Gustave Baumann

Artist, American, 1881 - 1971

The image shows a landscape with a canyon viewed from an elevated point. The horizon is not clearly visible. In the foreground, a rocky path with trees leads down into the canyon. The artwork contains expressive brushstrokes depicting the rugged terrain. The color palette includes shades of purple, orange, yellow, green, and blue, suggesting sunlight and shadows on the cliffs and canyon depths.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Zanders laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust

  • Dimensions

    image (approx.): 24.45 × 28.58 cm (9 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.29 × 43.18 cm (13 1/2 × 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.124.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chamberlain 2019, no. 82

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; verso: none

Markings

recto: hand-in-heart ink-stamped in orange at lower right: verso: none

Watermarks

hand-in-heart (made for Baumann by Zanders)

Wikidata ID

Q77005824

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