In the Hills of Brown

Series Title: In the Hills O' Brown

1910, printed 1914

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)

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Culture

America

Medium

color woodcut

Support

Japanese paper

Measurements

Image: 23.1 x 33.6 cm (9 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 26.1 x 35.3 cm (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.424.4

Catalogue raisonné

Chamberlain 17

Edition

100

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Description

Place was important to Baumann, who imbued his prints with the ambiance of each locale. He wanted to depict every region as he found it, retaining its individual character. “What I produced in Brown County reflected the homey honesty of the place,” he enthused. “It was one of those restful moments in art when a house and a corn shock in the autumn haze still excited everyone’s interest. The place was so full of things that had not been exhausted as material. . . . Brown County was a sort of refuge.”