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Talaya Peak

1926, printed 1947

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Culture
America
Medium
color woodcut
Support
Van Gelder Zonen paper
Measurements
Image: 24.1 x 28.4 cm (9 1/2 x 11 3/16 in.); Sheet: 34.2 x 43.5 cm (13 7/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.406
Catalogue raisonné
Chamberlain 111
Copyright
© Ann Baumann Trust
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Atalaya Mountain, a favorite destination for hikers and mountain bikers, is situated east of Santa Fe. Considering the mountain’s height of 9,121 feet, the name Atalaya, the Spanish word for watchtower, is appropriate. The source material for the scene includes a tempera study as well as two photographs. Baumann synthesized the photos, compressing the scene, and used artistic license to make the receding distant mountains appear to loom above the adobe houses.
A color woodcut depicts tan adobe dwellings clustered on a hillside beneath a dark green mountain. In the foreground, a figure drives a horse-drawn wagon across a sandy clearing toward the right. To the left, another figure stands near a well with small pack animals. Muted blue shadows and ochre tones define the terraced terrain under a gray-blue sky. The title and a signature appear along the bottom margin.

Talaya Peak

1926, printed 1947

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America

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