Summer Clouds
Artist
Gustave Baumann
(American, born Germany, 1881 - 1971)
Date1925 (subsequent edition 1956)
Mediumcolor woodcut
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (27.3 × 24.4 cm)
Support: 16 13/16 × 11 3/4 in. (42.7 × 29.8 cm)
Mat: 20 × 20 in. (50.8 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 16 13/16 × 11 3/4 in. (42.7 × 29.8 cm)
Mat: 20 × 20 in. (50.8 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds raised by the School of American Research, 1952
Object number928.23G
DescriptionAn adobe house with ladder leaning against the front, row of hollyhocks in back of wood slated frence across images foreground. Blue sky with large puffy white clouds.Text Entries
Date confirmed to be 1925 by Gala Chamberlain at Annex Gallery
Works such as this helped solidify Baumann’s reputation and popularity. His deeply local art resonated with a global audience and he won an international competition with this print in 1926.
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Greg Mac Gregor
1976. print 2017
