The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Salt Creek
1919, printed 1927–31
(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
Image: 24.3 x 28.8 cm (9 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.2 x 43.3 cm (13 7/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.436
© Ann Baumann Trust
Catalogue raisonné: Chamberlain 70.3
Location: not on view
Description
Baumann carefully chose printing papers. He preferred fine linen or cotton papers with a toothier surface. Slightly textured paper with hills and valleys, if lightly inked and printed with a minimum of pressure, produces random speckles of unprinted white paper across the printed image (notice the white speckles in the blue sky of Salt Creek), impressionistic effects resembling the bright light and airiness in landscapes.- Chamberlain, Gala, et al., In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann : a Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019. Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 244-245, cat. 70.3
- Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 20, 2020-June 27, 2021).
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