Apple Blossoms
1917
Color woodcut
9 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches
Other Information
Framed: 18 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches
Inscription: Signed lower right
Provenance: Private Collection, Nashville, Indiana.
Exhibited: New York, New York, Milch Galleries, "Second Annual Exhibition by the Painter-Gravers of America," December 10–31, 1917; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "First Exhibition of Work by the Alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago," January 8–February 7, 1918; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Institute, "Wood Block Prints by Gustave Baumann," June 4–July 1, 1918; Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, "Exhibition of Wood Block Prints by Gustave Baumann," July 26–August 17, 1918; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Laguna Gallery, Museum of New Mexico, "Wood Block Prints by Gustave Baumann," October 7, 1918; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "Wood Block Prints by Gustave Baumann," January 7–February 6, 1919; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, "Wood Block Prints in Color by American Artists," November 20–December31, 1919; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, "Exhibition of Wood Block Prints by Gustave Baumann," December 1–31, 1919; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, "The First International Print Makers Exhibition," March 1–31, 1920; Albuquerque, New Mexico, Elks Club, "An Exhibition of Etchings and Block Prints by B. J. O. Nordfelt and Gustave Baumann," May 4–15, 1920; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, "Wood Block Prints in Color by Gustave Baumann," November, 1920; Salt Lake City, Utah, National Convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs, "New Mexico Art and Artists," June, 1921; Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Association, City Library, "Wood Block Prints in Color by Leading American Wood Block Artists," March 12–22, 1922; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "The Second Retrospective Exhibition of Art Institute Alumni Association," December, 1922; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico Art Gallery, "Gustave Baumann: A Retrospective Exhibition of Color Wood Cuts," June 8–July 27, 1952.
Literature: Gala Chamberlain, "In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann," New York, Rizzoli Electa, 2019, 45, p. 194 (color, other examples).
Note: An early pull, in good condition. Original Baumann/Lieber frame. Baumann no. 21, Chamberlain no. 45. Examples of this woodcut may be found in the following public collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art; Detroit Institute of Arts; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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