The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 26, 2024

Mission San Xavier del Bac

Mission San Xavier del Bac

c. 1923
(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America, 20th century
tempera over graphite on brown paper
Image: 19.1 x 20.1 cm (7 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.); with borders: 23.6 x 23 cm (9 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 28.1 x 29.2 cm (11 1/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.458
© Ann Baumann Trust
Location: not on view

Description

San Xavier del Bac, in Tucson, Arizona, was founded as a Spanish Roman Catholic mission in 1692. The current church was constructed of stone and bricks between 1783 and 1797 in a Baroque architectural style. Baumann never made a print of the subject, only this tempera.
  • Ann Baumann, Santa Rosa, CA
    February 27, 2006
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 20, 2020-June 27, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Mission San Xavier del Bac|url=false|author=Gustave Baumann|year=c. 1923|access-date=26 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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