Bright Angel Trail [black block]

1922 / 1930

Gustave Baumann

Associated Names
Gustave Baumann

Artist, American, 1881 - 1971

The image shows a large triangular shape made up of a dark, textured surface meeting lighter wooden tones towards the bottom. There is an abstract quality to the composition, with the dark space looming over the triangular area. The textured lines and patterns on the wood could be compared to wind strokes on a sand dune, creating a landscape within an abstract composition. The image is framed by a simple, off-white border.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carved woodblock in frame

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust

  • Dimensions

    block: 25.08 × 29.53 × 1.91 cm (9 7/8 × 11 5/8 × 3/4 in.)
    framed: 28.42 × 32.7 × 1.91 cm (11 3/16 × 12 7/8 × 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.124.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chamberlain 2019, no. 82

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.

Inscriptions

block recto: none; block verso: at lower left in black crayon: 1 black; on front of frame at lower right frame in blue ink: 1 [in rectangle]; on left side of frame: 39 [in blue pencil] / 39 [underlined, in black ink]

Markings

recto: blindstamped at left center and lower left: Cancelled / [hand-in-heart]; verso: none

Wikidata ID

Q63571324

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