Gustave Baumann, Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, 1939
Gustave Baumann
1881 - 1971
Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, 1939
woodcut, letterpress, edition of 480
fold-out print signed lower right: Gustave Baumann
inscribed on flyleaf page: To bring back memories of a / wonderful day together – / Love to my wonderful mother / from Robin
published by Writers’ Editions, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1939
featuring forty-eight pages with 26 woodcut illustrations on Bayreuth Antique paper. Text printed in letterpress by Willard Clark. Named one of the Fifty Books of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts when it first appeared in 1939
8 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in. (22.2 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm.)
Private Collection, Texas
Gustave Baumann’s Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, published in 1939 by Writers' Editions in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a landmark Southwest book-arts project. Published in a limited edition of 480 with 26 woodcuts (including a fold-out plate) documenting the rock art of Frijoles Canyon/Bandelier that Baumann sketched and printed himself. The text was letterpress-set by Willard Clark on Bayreuth Antique paper; Hazel Dreis bound the edition in decorated cloth with paper labels. It was named one of the Fifty Books of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts when it appeared in 1939. The volume fuses Baumann’s color-woodcut craft with regional archaeology, making it a prized, quintessential Santa Fe-era publication.
Condition
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Gustave Baumann
1881 - 1971
Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, 1939
woodcut, letterpress, edition of 480
fold-out print signed lower right: Gustave Baumann
inscribed on flyleaf page: To bring back memories of a / wonderful day together – / Love to my wonderful mother / from Robin
published by Writers’ Editions, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1939
featuring forty-eight pages with 26 woodcut illustrations on Bayreuth Antique paper. Text printed in letterpress by Willard Clark. Named one of the Fifty Books of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts when it first appeared in 1939
8 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in. (22.2 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm.)
Private Collection, Texas
Gustave Baumann’s Frijoles Canyon Pictographs, published in 1939 by Writers' Editions in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a landmark Southwest book-arts project. Published in a limited edition of 480 with 26 woodcuts (including a fold-out plate) documenting the rock art of Frijoles Canyon/Bandelier that Baumann sketched and printed himself. The text was letterpress-set by Willard Clark on Bayreuth Antique paper; Hazel Dreis bound the edition in decorated cloth with paper labels. It was named one of the Fifty Books of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts when it appeared in 1939. The volume fuses Baumann’s color-woodcut craft with regional archaeology, making it a prized, quintessential Santa Fe-era publication.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
