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Collection Online as of July 10, 2026

A vertically oriented color woodcut depicts a multi-story tan adobe building beneath a dark blue sky. Tiny figures dot rooftops and climb ladders. In the foreground, people with medium skin tones stand with their backs turned, wrapped in white or patterned blankets, while two children walk toward the left. Above them, a row of dark purple figures sits before green foliage. A dotted green border frames the scene, labeled SAN GERONIMO TAOS.

San Geronimo Taos

1924, printed 1932

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America
color woodcut
Image: 18.2 x 15.2 cm (7 3/16 x 6 in.); Sheet: 43.1 x 34.1 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.437
© Ann Baumann Trust
Catalogue raisonné: Chamberlain 96
Location: Not on view

Description

A perfectionist, Baumann experimented and would sometimes change colors or the woodblocks for a print. In 1932 he recut the blocks for San Geronimo Taos. A new block, which was printed in red, adds details and patterns to blankets and the clothing of Native Americans in the foreground. Compare this impression with the one printed in 1924, when the original blocks were cut, where the blankets and clothing are areas of solid color. Other changes in the later example include the addition of horizontal white lines to distinguish the ladders and the stories, or vigas, of the pueblo.
  • Glaubinger, Jane, "Gustave Baumann", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 46 no. 09, November 2006 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6-7 archive.org
  • Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 20, 2020-June 27, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=San Geronimo Taos|url=false|author=Gustave Baumann|year=1924, printed 1932|access-date=10 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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