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Waiting to be Counted

1954, printed 1957

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Culture
America
Medium
color woodcut with aluminum leaf
Support
CPM Fabriano laid paper
Measurements
Image: 32.5 x 41.6 cm (12 13/16 x 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 37.5 x 46.5 cm (14 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.451
Catalogue raisonné
Chamberlain 188
Copyright
© Ann Baumann Trust
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Baumann produced an oil painting of sheep for an insomniac friend and then executed a color woodcut also illustrating the proverb that counting sheep helps in falling asleep. The artist relied on a photograph for the composition of sheep on a hillside; the black rectangular background alludes to the source. Set against aluminum leaf, the black shape becomes an object placed on a shiny field.

Waiting to be Counted

1954, printed 1957

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America

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