Road to Town by Gustave Baumann
Road to Town
Gustave Baumann
Title
Road to Town
Artist
Gustave Baumann
1881 - 1971 (biography)Year
1917
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
9 5/8 x 11 1/8" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
II 46-125
Annotations
pencil titled
Reference
Chamberlain 50.2; GB24
Paper
Zanders laid with the Hand-in-Heart watermark
State
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
CM105
Price
$16,000.00
Description
Road to Town offers a panoramic view of the village of Wyoming, New York from the porch of Hillside, the summer home of Lydia Avery Coonley Ward. The spire of the Presbyterian church is visible just left of center and next to the church is the fire station with its fire tower. Other color woodcuts that depict the grounds of Ward’s estate are Apple Blossoms, Cherry Bloom, Summer Shadows, Rainy Day Promenade and Woodland Meadows. Baumann had planned to open his print shop, Swanli Press, in the village of Wyoming upon his return from his 1918 visit to the Southwest.