Three Pines
Artist
Gustave Baumann
(American, born Germany, 1881 - 1971)
Date1926
Mediumcolor woodcut
DimensionsImage: 10 13/16 x 9 9/16 in. (27.5 x 24.3 cm)
Support: 16 7/8 x 13 7/16 in. (42.9 x 34.1 cm)
Mat: 22 x 20 in. (55.9 x 50.8 cm)
Support: 16 7/8 x 13 7/16 in. (42.9 x 34.1 cm)
Mat: 22 x 20 in. (55.9 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds raised by the School of American Research, 1952
Object number933.23G
DescriptionThree tall pine trees with brown trunks and green pine needles with vivid blue sky in background. Billowing white cloud at left of image, numerous yellow bushes in foreground.eMuseum Notes
Undoubtedly Baumann was familiar with Rembrandt van Rijm’s work. Three Pines appears to be a direct quote of Rembrandt’s well-known etching and drypoint print The Three Crosses. Rembrandt’s subject is the crucifixion of Christ in the center, with two thieves on either side of him. Christ is illuminated in the Rembrandt by a spiritual light. Baumann approximated this light by illuminating the trunks of the ponderosa pines and middle-ground foliage in Baumann’s woodcut.
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circa 1860