The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 16, 2024
Summer Clouds
1926
(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Overall: 29.3 x 25.5 cm (11 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2003.241.5
© Ann Baumann Trust
Catalogue raisonné: Chamberlain 110
Location: not on view
Description
Baumann did all the work of making woodcuts himself. He used a wide variety of knives, chisels, and gouges to cut basswood blocks, a soft yet durable even-grained wood. Inks were fabricated by grinding dry pigments and mixing them with a varnish base according to the artist’s own recipes. He developed a comprehensive understanding of ink chemistry, learning that each pigment behaved differently; some could not be mixed or overprinted by others. Baumann was fussy about the support for his prints and preferred high-quality, slightly textured cotton or linen papers that ranged in color from ivory to light tan. Woodcut is a relief technique. Excess wood is cut away, leaving the design raised. “Draw directly on the block whatever you want,” Baumann instructed. “Then cut away whatever you don’t want and print what’s left.”- ?-2003(Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA)December 1, 2003The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Chamberlain, Gala, et al., In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann : a Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019. Mentioned: p. 318, cat. 110
- Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 20, 2020-June 27, 2021).
- {{cite web|title=Summer Clouds|url=false|author=Gustave Baumann|year=1926|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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