Gustave Baumann, Past History, 1956

Gustave Baumann
(American, 1881-1971)
Past History, 1956
color woodcut on Zanders laid paper
titled and signed in graphite and with the artist's Hand-in-Heart ink chop lower margin; inscribed II / 5-125 lower right
9 3/8" x 10 7/8"

Provenance:
Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 02 January 1998
The Estate of Nina and Jack Stillinger, Urbana, Illinois

Literature:
Chamberlain, Gala, In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, Rizzoli Electa, 2019, pp. 423-424

Catalog Note:
Examples of this woodcut may be found in the permanent collections of the New Mexico Museum of Art (inscribed II / 2-125) and the New York Public Library (inscribed II / 24-125).
Condition Report: Frame: 18 3/8" x 19 5/8"
Sheet: 13 1/2" x 16 3/8"
Free sheet hinged. Light toning of paper. Localized foxing in margins. Small tear 1/4" near current left hinge at top. Overall good condition.