$27,500
Overall very good condition, vibrant colors. Minor time-toning and discoloration to sheet. Soft, minor crease from the top left edge, goes into image slightly (only visible in raking light, was minimized by a professional restorer). Short, sharp crease to lower right corner of margin, outside of image. Both creases were professionally reinforced on verso with mulberry paper and wheat starch paste. A few minor undulations/ripples to upper margin due to previous paper tape across upper verso (removed by professional restorer). A couple of minor foxing spots outside of image. Original paper artist label affixed to exterior back of mat. Sheet measures 16 3/8" x 14 3/8". . GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881 - 1971) "Grand Canon [Canyon]" from the first printing, Santa Fe, NM, 1934; Color woodblock print on Zanders paper; Pencil signed, titled, and numbered 'GRAND CANON Gustave Baumann I-28-125' with hand-in-heart chop mark, artist note in pencil to lower edge 'should have been no. 1,' and hand-in-heart watermark to paper; Image: 12 3/4" sq.; Provenance: Estate of the artist; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Collection of Marjorie Pierce Avery, Texas; Descended in the family; We thank Ms. Gala Chamberlain for her assistance cataloging this lot. USA
Auctioneer:
Rago
Date:
2019-09-21
