Gustave Baumann
(German-American, 1881 - 1971)
Matthew 7:13, 1950
woodcut
signed lower right: Gustave Baumann

Later printed as "Greeting Card for 1951: Our Pin-up (Interior)"
Text: Wide is / the / gate / and broad / is the way / that leadeth / to destruction/ and many be they that / enter thereby / for narrow is the gate and / straightened [sic] the way that / leadeth unto life and few ne / they that find it / Matthew 7-13
8 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (20.64 x 19.37 cm.), Frame: 21 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 in. (53.66 x 43.50 x 2.54 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico

Literature:
Baumann Inventory No. 143
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. 181

The print is in overall excellent condition. Framed under acrylic. Frame in very good condition.

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