Gustave Baumann
(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Spring Blossoms, 1950
color woodcut, edition 8 of 130
signed lower right: Gustave [hand-in-heart chop] Baumann
editioned and dated lower right: I 8 130 50
titled lower left: SPRING BLOSSOMS
12 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (31.12 x 33.34 cm.), Frame: 29 x 23 x 3/4 in. (73.66 x 58.42 x 1.91 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico

Literature:
Baumann Inventory No. 142
Gala Chamberlain, Nancy E. Green, and Thomas Leech, In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann: A Catalogue Raisonné, Rizzoli Electa, 2019, No. 180.

The print is in overall good to very good condition. Lightly toned, with a band of matte burn and 1 inch paper abrasion along upper margin. Framed under acrylic. Frame in very good condition, with normal wear.

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