The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 19, 2024

Waiting to be Counted

Waiting to be Counted

1954, printed 1957
(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
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.)
© Ann Baumann Trust
Catalogue raisonné: Chamberlain 188
Location: not on view

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.
  • Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 20, 2020-June 27, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Waiting to be Counted|url=false|author=Gustave Baumann|year=1954, printed 1957|access-date=19 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.451