Gustave Baumann
American, 1881-1971
The Print Shop, from In the Hills o' Brown
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Gustave Baumann
American, 1881-19711910
The Print Shop, from In the Hills o' Brown
Gustave Baumann American, 1881-1971 →woodcutprint
Date
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The William Gold Hibbard Memorial
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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