Point Lobos by Gustave Baumann

Point Lobos by Gustave Baumann

Point Lobos

Gustave Baumann

Title

Point Lobos

 
Artist
Year
1936 /1949 
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
8 x 8" 1/8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
II 50-125 '49 
Annotations
titled in pencil, lower left; dated '49 after the edition number 
Reference
Chamberlain 148; Baumann 111 
Paper
cream wove Ansbach paper 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
AB4180 
Price
SOLD
Description
Among the relatively few images of the ocean in Baumann's oeuvre, "Point Lobos" elegantly captures his admiration of the Pacific and most particularly of the Central California coast. Notes Chamberlain on page 395 of In a Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, 'This spectacular ocean shoreline is probably the most recognizable spot on the California coast. Artists have memorialized Point Lobos in photographs, oil, watercolors, drawings, and prints. Today this location is known as the Point Lobos State Reserve and is considered the crown jewel in the California state park system.'