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Grand Canyon

1934, printed c. 1945

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Culture
America
Medium
color woodcut
Measurements
Image: 32.3 x 32.5 cm (12 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.); Sheet: 43.2 x 36.3 cm (17 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1987.201
Catalogue raisonné
Chamberlain 145.2; Acton, Krause & Yurtseven 95
State
III/?
Copyright
© Ann Baumann Trust
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Baumann found his greatest inspiration in nature and was especially interested in the fleeting effects of weather and atmosphere. Created with five blocks to print six colors, Grand Canyon portrays the awesome scale, eerie supernatural light, and brilliant color of this remarkable place amid an evanescent rainstorm. An amazing achievement of the color woodcut, the effects of falling rain and shadows moving across the canyon at twilight energize the arid, rocky gorge.
A color woodcut depicts the Grand Canyon in a square composition with dark purple rock formations in the foreground, leading to ochre and terracotta plateaus. A large butte on the right casts a long shadow across the center. The background features receding canyon layers under a dark blue sky and purple clouds. Stippled textures and vertical lines descend from the clouds on the left. The bottom margin contains the pencil inscription "GRAND CANYON" and signature.

Grand Canyon

1934, printed c. 1945

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America

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