Bright Angel Trail

1930

Gustave Baumann

Associated Names
Gustave Baumann

Artist, American, 1881 - 1971

The image displays irregular, jagged shapes and lines in a muted yellow hue against a light beige background. The larger mass at the top left appears fragmented, with sections missing. A distinct, spiraling form is in the middle, resembling a coiled shell or twisted rope. Towards the bottom right, a smaller, isolated shape is present.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in yellow on Zanders laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.54 × 27.94 cm (8 7/8 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 34.29 × 43.18 cm (13 1/2 × 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.124.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chamberlain 2019, no. 82, Edition II

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Ann Baumann (the artist's daughter), Santa Rosa, California; acquired 2013 by the National Gallery of Art

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. 82.

Watermarks

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

Wikidata ID

Q77005832

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