Mountain Gold (Green Wood Block)

Artist Gustave Baumann (American, 1881 - 1971)

Date1926, with recutting 1946

Mediumbasswood wood block

Dimensions10 × 11 1/2 inches (25.4 × 29.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1984

Object number31.216.10.F

ClassificationsPrinting T&E

Label TextBaumann carved this block for the green color in Mountain Gold. Beside it is the proof for the green color. Images of Baumann’s initial sketch, other blocks and proofs, and final print are on the Stark Museum of Art website, starkmuseum.org. Under the tab Explore, use Search the Collections. Then search “Mountain Gold” and use quotation marks to limit the search.

ProvenanceArtist; by inheritance to his wife Jane Baumann [1892-1984]; by inheritance to their daughter Ann Baumann [1927-2011]; purchased December 28, 1984 through (Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, California) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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