id:			164384
accession number:	2005.451
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.451
updated:		2022-01-04 17:37:30.495000

Waiting to be Counted, 1954, printed 1957. Gustave Baumann (American, born Germany, 1881-1971). Color woodcut with aluminum leaf; image: 32.5 x 41.6 cm (12 13/16 x 16 3/8 in.); sheet: 37.5 x 46.5 cm (14 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.451 © Ann Baumann Trust

title:				Waiting to be Counted
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creation date:			1954, printed 1957
creation date earliest:		1954
creation date latest:		1954
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Ann Baumann
copyright:			© Ann Baumann Trust

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	color woodcut with aluminum leaf
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Chamberlain 188

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Image: 32.5 x 41.6 cm (12 13/16 x 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 37.5 x 46.5 cm (14 3/4 x 18 5/16 in.)
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	description:	CPM Fabriano laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower margin, in graphite: Waiting to be Counted Gustave Baumann 58-125 1957; lower margin in pen and black ink: Gustave Baumann
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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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wall description: 
Baumann produced an oil painting of sheep for an insomniac friend and then executed a color woodcut also illustrating the proverb that counting sheep helps in falling asleep. The artist relied on a photograph for the composition of sheep on a hillside; the black rectangular background alludes to the source. Set against aluminum leaf, the black shape becomes an object placed on a shiny field.
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