Summer Rain

 

Gustave Baumann

  1881 - 1971 (biography)

1926 /printed 1956 

color woodcut 

9 3/8 x 11 1/8" image 

pencil, lower right 

R.C. 5-50 -56 

titled in pencil, lower left and dated -56 after the signature 

Chamberlain 112; Baumann 77 

cream Zanders laid paper with the Hand-in-Heart watermark 

published 

artist 

AB4214 

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Baumann first printed impressions of Summer Rain in 1926. This is a generic old Santa Fe scene with adobe houses, compounds, and a public well. The atmospheric effects of cloudbursts fascinated Baumann and it is interesting to study how he carved his pink block to achieve the look of a downpour. His woodcuts Rain in the Mountains of 1926 and Grand Canyon of 1934 are also wonderful examples of his carving finesse in achieving the feel of walking rain or a drenching cloudburst. In 1956, Baumann re-cut his blocks and issued an edition of fifty impressions. Summer Rain has a long exhibition history and is included in ten public collections.