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American & Western Auction | March 8, 2024

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Lot 556

Gustave Baumann, Church at Ranchos de Taos (1948)

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

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(New Mexico/California, 1881-1971)

Church at Ranchos de Taos, 1948, final edition 79/125, signed lower right "Gustave Baumann", with artist's Hand-in-Heart chop mark, inscribed edition "I-79-125-48", color wood block on paper, image 9-1/2 x 11-1/4, sheet 13-3/8 x 17 in.; gilt wood frame  in.

Provenance: Ex-Collection of John A. and Margaret Hill, No. 49; Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund

Literature: Gala Chamberlain, Nancy E. Green, and Thomas Leech, In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann: A Catalogue Raisonné, Rizzoli Electa, 2019, No..60

Baumann Inventory No. 33 (inscribed in bottom right corner)

Condition

taped in at two points top with archival tissue, on full sheet, some light toning, fading, and points of foxing in margin; frame with abrasions

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Ex-Collection of John A. and Margaret Hill, No. 49; Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund