Greeting card for 1924: The Land of Mañana & Chile

 

Gustave Baumann

  1881 - 1971 (biography)

1923  

color woodcut 

2 1/4 x 2 1/4" text block; 3-3.8 x 2-3/8" image 

unsigned 

 

 

Chamberlain 280, illustrated page 503 "In A Modern Rendering The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann"; also illustrated page 35 in "Gustave Baumann and Friends: Artist Cards From Holidays Past" 

cream Zanders Bergisch Gladbach laid 

 

artist 

AB4328 

$1,500.00 

Baumann’s card reflects the slower pace of life in the Southwest. This vignette is almost a calling card to potential visitors. Baumann printed the card from green and blue blocks and the ristras were handcolored.