Bright Angel Trail [yellow block]

1922 / 1930

Gustave Baumann

Associated Names
Gustave Baumann

Artist, American, 1881 - 1971

The image displays a collection of carved lines and shapes on a wooden surface, forming a detailed abstract pattern. The shapes resemble a topographic map with elevation lines or a rugged landscape. The green and ochre hues suggest a geographical terrain. These forms crisscross the surface, creating an abstract representation reminiscent of an aerial view of a canyon or valley, reminiscent of natural land formations typically seen on a map or relief model.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carved woodblock in frame

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust

  • Dimensions

    block: 27.62 × 29.53 × 1.91 cm (10 7/8 × 11 5/8 × 3/4 in.)
    framed: 31.12 × 34.93 × 1.91 cm (12 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.124.15

  • 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: 6 gray; on front of frame at lower right frame in blue ink: 6 [in rectangle]; on right side of frame: 39 [in blue pencil] / 39 [underlined, in black ink]

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q63571328

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