The Print Shop, from In the Hills o' Brown

Gustave BaumannWW-1910-054475

1910·Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper, tipped onto cream Japanese paper·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.)

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.

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Year: 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.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Gustave Baumann

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Gustave Baumann

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Gustave Baumann was an American printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America. His works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art. He is also recognized for his role in the 1930s as area coordinator of the Public Works of Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.

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Artist: Gustave Baumann
Year: 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.)
Watts ID: WW-1910-054475

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Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
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