Gustave Baumann
(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Idle Fleet [The Palisades], 1914
color woodcut, edition 6 of 20
signed lower right: Gustave [hand-in-heart chop] Baumann
Swanli chop in image lower left
titled and dated lower left: IDLE FLEET 1914
editioned lower right: 6/20

This impression is a curiosity and should noted for its discrepancies. This impression is printed on the Zanders Bergisch Gladbach paper, but the block-printed title and the Hand-in-Heart chop in the lower margin suggest that it was signed, titled, and stamped with the artist's chop after his move to Santa Fe in 1918. (Chamberlain, p. 211)
11 x 13.12 in. (27.94 x 33.35 cm.), Frame: 21 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 1 in. (54.61 x 56.52 x 2.54 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico

Literature:
Baumann Inventory No. 30
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. 53.

The print is in overall good condition. Lightly toned on left and right, separated with a vertical band at center. Framed under acrylic. Frame in very good condition.

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