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The Print Shop, from In the Hills o' Brown

A work made of color woodcut on ivory japanese paper, tipped onto cream japanese paper.

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  • A work made of color woodcut on ivory japanese paper, tipped onto cream japanese paper.

Date:

1910

Artist:

Gustave Baumann
American, 1881-1971

About this artwork

A sense of nostalgia for a simpler time can be found in The Print Shop. Here, Baumann portrayed Alonzo Allison, editor and publisher of the Brown County Democrat, and his sons setting type and using an old-fashioned Franklin press. This work, along with 12 others from In the Hills o’ Brown portfolio, was printed on the letterpress depicted. The portfolio was shown in group exhibitions in 1911 and was generously reviewed by critics in Indianapolis and Chicago.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gustave Baumann

Title

The Print Shop, from In the Hills o' Brown

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1910

Medium

Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper, tipped onto cream Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image/block: 22.7 × 33.4 cm (8 15/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Primary support: 26.2 × 33.4 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 34.5 × 45.2 cm (13 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The William Gold Hibbard Memorial

Reference Number

1923.462.11

Extended information about this artwork

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