The Door yards by Gustave Baumann
The Door yards
Gustave Baumann
Title
The Door yards
Artist
Gustave Baumann
1881 - 1971 (biography)Year
1910 /1914
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
9 1/16 x 13 3/16" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
unnumbered from a projected edition of 100
Annotations
titled, lower left; dated 14 after signature
Reference
Chamberlain 21; No. 5 from In the Hills of Brown
Paper
fibrous wove Japon
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
AB3065
Price
$4,500.00
Description
The Door Yards is one of twelve color woodcuts that Baumann produced for his 1910 portfolio, In the Hills o’ Brown. This image is also known with the alternative titles The Dooryards, Back Door Yard, and A Backyard. Impressions were printed over several years and color variation occurred. Many years after living in Brown County, Indiana, Baumann penned his manuscript Of a County Called Brown. In his writing, he described this scene: “Wandering about and forgetting the right to privacy, I found myself snooping around in backyards where chickens cackled and ducks squacked [sic]. I don’t know if it was to greet me or keep me out. Everything was picture stuff bared in a simple way of living that seemed to have no undercurrent of discontent…”