About this artwork
During World War I, Fifth Avenue, decorated with flags as seen here, came to represent America’s home front effort, demonstrating national pride. Baumann spent the winter of 1917–18 in New York City, where he produced three color woodcuts, before moving to Santa Fe the following summer.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Gustave Baumann
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Title
- Fifth Avenue (Flags)
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1917
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Medium
- Color woodcut on tan laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 33.7 × 28.2 cm (13 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 42.4 × 34.7 cm (16 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- The William Gold Hibbard Memorial
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Reference Number
- 1923.534