The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Summer Clouds
1926
(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Image: 27.5 x 24.5 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43 x 34.1 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2003.242.5
© Ann Baumann Trust
Catalogue raisonné: Chamberlain 110
Location: not on view
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.- Chamberlain, Gala, et al., In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann : a Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019. Mentioned: p. 319, 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=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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