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American & Western Auction | March 8, 2024

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Lot 555

Gustave Baumann, San Geronimo, Taos (1932)

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

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(New Mexico/California, 1881-1971)

San Geronimo, Taos, 1932, second edition 62/125, signed lower right "Gustave Baumann", with artist's Hand-in-Heart chop mark, inscribed, color woodcut on watermarked laid paper, image 9-1/2 x 11-1/4, sheet 13-3/8 x 17 in.; wood frame, 21-3/8 x 17-1/4 x 1-1/4 in.  in.

Provenance: Ex-Collection of John A. and Margaret Hill, No. 46; Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund

Literature: Chamberlain, Gala, In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, Rizzoli Electa, 2019, No. 96

Baumann Inventory No. 52 (inscribed in bottom right corner)

Condition

good, strong color impression on full sheet, one light point of foxing, very slight toning

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Ex-Collection of John A. and Margaret Hill, No. 46; Property of a Southern Museum sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund