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Summer Rain by Gustave Baumann
Summer Rain
Gustave Baumann
Title
Summer Rain
Artist
Gustave Baumann
1881 - 1971 (biography)Year
1926 / printed ca 1940
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
9 3/8 x 11 1/8" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
II 43-125
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left
Reference
Baumann 77, Chamberlain 112.3
Paper
cream Zanders laid with the Hand-in-Heart watermark
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
AB4317
Price
$28,000.00
Description
One of Baumann's handwritten manuscripts contains the following quote:
Beginnings in new surroundings are always intriguing. Seeing things with a fresh eye is a great advantage. While most of us have an itch to be where we are not, some of us that chose to investigate Santa Fe found it a pleasantly colorful place worthy of a second look. While not as interesting as Taos it was easier to live in when you demanded domestic comforts.
Santa fe had a casual sense of order that was unhurried by traffic problems. Spanish speech was heard everywhere and Indians in colorful blankets added [a] certain picturesqueness while trying to trade for silver ware, blankets and pottery.