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Old Munich

A work made of color linocut on ivory wove paper.

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  • A work made of color linocut on ivory wove paper.

Date:

June 1905

Artist:

Gustave Baumann
American, 1881-1971

About this artwork

Gustave Baumann began his artistic career in woodblock printing as a student as at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts School) in Munich, which was the center of commercial German block printing in color in the early 1900s. This color linocut of a local residence is the second version of a print depicting the same subject made the previous month; however, in this iteration the intensity of the colors has been reduced for a more subdued effect. Baumann also added a higher degree of detail in the clouds and in the shadows evoked by the overhanging trees.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gustave Baumann

Title

Old Munich

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1905

Medium

Color linocut on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 48.3 × 42.3 cm (19 1/16 × 16 11/16 in.); Sheet: 57.5 × 45.4 cm (22 11/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The William Gold Hibbard Memorial

Reference Number

1923.981

Extended information about this artwork

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