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Series Title: In the Hills O' Brown

The Print Shop

1910, printed 1914

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
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Culture
America
Medium
color woodcut
Support
Japanese paper
Measurements
Image: 22.8 x 33.4 cm (9 x 13 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.8 x 35.4 cm (10 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.424.6
Catalogue raisonné
Chamberlain 27
Edition
100
Copyright
© Ann Baumann Trust
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

While living in Indiana, Baumann executed a set of 12 color woodcuts, In the Hills O’ Brown, featuring views in and around Nashville that depict a wholesome, rural America. Like his early prints made in Munich and Chicago, the main elements of the composition are outlined in black and three or four colors are printed in a range of muted grays, blues, browns, and tans. The edition of 100 was printed over seven years. This series was printed on the press of the local newspaper, the Brown County Democrat. The Print Shop depicts the owner checking the galleys, or proofs, while his sons ink and operate the press.
A horizontally oriented color woodcut in muted brown, tan, and gray depicts three light-skinned men in a print workshop. On the left, a man works at wooden type cases. In the center, another pulls the lever of a large, arched printing press. To the right, a third man stands near a poster reading "PUBLI SALE." Textured wood grain shows through the color, and handwriting appears along the bottom margin.

The Print Shop

1910, printed 1914

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America

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