Title
Invitation to the Dance (With Apologies to Hans Holbein)
Artist
Year
1951
Technique
oil on irregular panel, in frame built by the artist
Image Size
31 3/4 x 26 1/2" board (longest/widest points of irregular board)
Signature
pigment signature, in image, lower left
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
dated and annotated, "With apologies to Hans Holbein - 1538" in image, lower left beneath the signature; exhibition labels on verso with title, date
Reference
38th Annual Exhbition for New Mexico Artists, 1951, at the Museum of New Mexico Art Galllery
Paper
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
AB559
Price
SOLD
Description
The title of this piece refers to noted German artist Hans Holbein the Younger, a 16th century painter and printmaker whose works included a famous interpretation of Danse Macabre. Created between 1523 and 1525 as a series of woodcuts, they depict Death arriving to take the lives of 34 people from varying walks of life, their deaths matching their positions in life. The particular version of Death that Baumann has chosen to replicate is that from plate 35: The Lady.