id:			162658
accession number:	2003.242.3
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.242.3
updated:		2022-01-04 17:32:10.943000

Summer Clouds, 1926. Gustave Baumann (American, born Germany, 1881-1971). Ochre and black proof; image: 27.5 x 24.5 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.); sheet: 43 x 34.1 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2003.242.3 © Ann Baumann Trust

title:				Summer Clouds
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creation date:			1926
creation date earliest:		1926
creation date latest:		1926
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Ann Baumann Trust

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	ochre and black proof
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Chamberlain 110

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CREATORS

* Gustave Baumann (American, born Germany, 1881-1971)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 27.5 x 24.5 cm (10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 43 x 34.1 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
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	description:	laid paper with artist's own watermark (hand in heart) 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts
	opening date:   2020-12-20T05:00:00
	<i>Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 20, 2020-June 27, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Progressive proofs illustrate how an image is built as the blocks are printed in succession. While the first proof was printed in ochre, the second was printed in ochre and black. Translucent inks were used to obtain intermediate tones by overprinting. Black is printed on top of ochre to obtain a greenish-gray for the house. An additional block was printed for each remaining proof. Baumann cautioned that the “charm of a color woodcut is usually a by-product of good craftsmanship and does not become apparent until the print is thoroughly dried, and all the colors are amalgamated and set.”<strong> </strong><em>Summer Clouds</em> won the prestigious Storrow Prize at the Seventh Annual Printmakers Exhibition in Los Angeles in 1926.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chamberlain, Gala, et al., <em>In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann : a Catalogue Raisonné</em>. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 319, cat 110
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