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San Geronimo Taos

1924, printed 1932
(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America, 20th century
color woodcut
Support: Zanders laid paper
Image: 18.2 x 15.2 cm (7 3/16 x 6 in.); Sheet: 43.1 x 34.1 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Gift of Ann Baumann 2005.437
© Ann Baumann Trust
Catalogue raisonné: Chamberlain 96
Location: not on view
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A perfectionist, Baumann experimented and would sometimes change colors or the woodblocks for a print. In 1932 he recut the blocks for San Geronimo Taos. A new block, which was printed in red, adds details and patterns to blankets and the clothing of Native Americans in the foreground. Compare this impression with the one printed in 1924, when the original blocks were cut, where the blankets and clothing are areas of solid color. Other changes in the later example include the addition of horizontal white lines to distinguish the ladders and the stories, or vigas, of the pueblo.
San Geronimo Taos

San Geronimo Taos

1924, printed 1932

Gustave Baumann

(American, born Germany, 1881–1971)
America, 20th century

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