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Gustave Baumann, Day of the Deer Dance, 1919 (subsequent edition 1951), color woodcut, 19 3/4 x…
Day of the Deer Dance
Gustave Baumann, Day of the Deer Dance, 1919 (subsequent edition 1951), color woodcut, 19 3/4 x…
Gustave Baumann, Day of the Deer Dance, 1919 (subsequent edition 1951), color woodcut, 19 3/4 x 21 9/16 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Museum purchase with funds raised by the School of American Research, 1952 (990.23G). © New Mexico Museum of Art. Photo by Blair Clark.

Day of the Deer Dance

Artist (American, born Germany, 1881 - 1971)
Date1919 (subsequent edition 1951)
Mediumcolor woodcut
DimensionsImage: 19 1/4 x 21 9/16 in. (48.9 x 54.8 cm)
Support: 21 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (54 x 61.6 cm)
Mat: 32 x 38 in. (81.3 x 96.5 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds raised by the School of American Research, 1952
Object number990.23G
DescriptionTall, steep orange/yellow rock cliff with adobe dwellings at its base. Three tall pine trees and four smaller pine trees across foreground of image. Clusters of Native American figures at bottom right foreground. A row of five deer dances proceeding toward center of image.
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Recto below image right of center: "Gustave Baumann"
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