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Singing Woods.

  • ARTIST: Gustave Baumann

  • MEDIUM: Color woodcut with silver foil,

    DATE: 1926.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 120. Image size 12 5/8 x 12 5/8" (32 x 32 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: From the second printing, with silver foil in the sky and background. It is noted in "In A Modern Rendering" that the highest number found was 33, this being impression 43. The tempera study also has a silver sky, a partial set of progressive proofs is in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed "43/120" with hand heart chop.

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color, mild toning and a few discoloration marks in the margins.

  • REFERENCE: In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann by Gala Chamberlain #128.