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Hoosier Garden (Progressive Proof 6)

Artist Gustave Baumann (American, 1881–1971)
Title Hoosier Garden (Progressive Proof 6)
Date 1927, printed 1961
Medium Color woodcut on paper
Dimensions Image (image including the border): 12 5/16 × 13 1/8 in. (31.3 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 16 3/16 in. (35.4 × 41.1 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Ann Baumann, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2009.64.7

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Gustave Baumann was widely recognized for the complexity of his woodcuts and for his ability to achieve an impressionistic effect through a sequential printing of overlapping colors. After his move to the southwest, his palette became more intense even when depicting an earlier Hooiser subject, such as this scene based on a watercolor called Granny's Garden from around 1916. Although he cut seven woodblocks (one for each color) in 1927, Baumann made four editions, including this final printing in 1961. The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art's collection includes the published print (2009.64.1) and six progressive proofs (Eskenazi Museum of Art 2009.64.2-.7).


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