Curiosity Killed the Cat

 

Gustave Baumann

  1881 - 1971 (biography)

1951  

oil on board 

21 x 21" but not an even square 

signed GUSTAVE BAUMANN in lower left 

 

dated 51 after the signature; the title is printed in reverse in the center of the image 

 

 

 

 

AB4049 

$50,000.00 

A rare, abstracted painting by Gustave Baumann from 1951 that displays a touch of Baumann's sense of humor. The format is not square, the result of which often prompts the viewer to try to straighten the canvas (in this case it is painted on board) and thus involves the viewer in the title, "Curiosity Killed the Cat." He further engages the viewer by including the title of the work subtly within the image, backwards. Baumann created the frame for the oil which becomes part of the painting and cannot be removed.