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Rio Pecos

1920, printed 1937

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Culture
America
Medium
color woodcut
Support
Zanders laid paper
Measurements
Image: 27.5 x 24.9 cm (10 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 x 34.3 cm (17 1/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.434
Catalogue raisonné
Chamberlain 71.2
Copyright
© Ann Baumann Trust
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Trained in Europe, Baumann continued the tradition of using a unique chop, or identifying stamp. At first, in 1914, he carved the Hand-in-Heart chop into the lower margin of one block from each set, but in 1918 he carved a separate wood stamp usually printed in orange. The chop was probably adapted from the symbol of a hand holding a heart in the Old Fellows Hall in Nashville, Indiana, which represented “whatsoever the hand finds to do, the heart should go forth in unison.”

The Rio Pecos originates in the Pecos Wilderness area north of Santa Fe. Filled with wildlife, the region is a mixture of meadows, spruce and conifer trees, and rugged peaks. The locale inspired numerous subjects for Baumann’s prints, including this luminous view of the river straddled by rock formations.

Rio Pecos

1920, printed 1937

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America

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