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Summer Clouds

1926

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
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Culture
America
Medium
ochre proof
Support
Laid paper with artist's own watermark (hand in heart)
Measurements
Image: 27.5 x 24.5 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 42.8 x 34 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2003.242.2
Catalogue raisonné
Chamberlain 110
Copyright
© Ann Baumann Trust
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Progressive proofs illustrate how an image is built as the blocks are printed in succession. While the first proof was printed in ochre, the second was printed in ochre and black. Translucent inks were used to obtain intermediate tones by overprinting. Black is printed on top of ochre to obtain a greenish-gray for the house. An additional block was printed for each remaining proof. Baumann cautioned that the “charm of a color woodcut is usually a by-product of good craftsmanship and does not become apparent until the print is thoroughly dried, and all the colors are amalgamated and set.” Summer Clouds won the prestigious Storrow Prize at the Seventh Annual Printmakers Exhibition in Los Angeles in 1926.

Summer Clouds

1926

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America

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