Bright Angel Trail [green block]

1922

Gustave Baumann

Associated Names
Gustave Baumann

Artist, American, 1881 - 1971

The image depicts a textured surface suggestive of a natural landscape, possibly hills or ridges. The style features intricate carved surfaces resembling woodwork or relief. The color palette consists mainly of teal tones with warm earth accents. The textures closer to the viewer imply foliage or rocky formations, transitioning into a smoother surface towards the horizon, enhancing depth perception.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carved and inked woodblock in frame

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust

  • Dimensions

    block: 25.4 × 29.53 × 1.91 cm (10 × 11 5/8 × 3/4 in.)
    framed: 28.58 × 32.7 × 1.91 cm (11 1/4 × 12 7/8 × 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.124.17

  • 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: 5 green; on front of frame at lower right frame in blue ink: 5 [in rectangle]; on left side of frame: 39 [in blue pencil] / 39 [underlined, in black ink]

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q63571335

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