Snapshot In Time: A few months before PINON GRAND CANON was created, the Fred Harvey Company, with its long tradition of fine hospitality and its famous "Harvey Girls," became the principal concessionaire at the South Rim. Later the hit movie the "Harvey Girls," starring Judy Garland, showcased the Grand Canyon which was also America's newest National Park.

Art Smart Fact: Gustave Baumann was unsurpassed in his use of color as a printmaker. He made his own inks, mixing ground pigments with a varnish base according to a well-kept recipe. Note the blue he used here resembles the color of the sea which certainly helps the visual analogy that the canyon is as big as the ocean. Baumann would not use anything but distinctive oatmeal papers. These were made to his own specifications first in Germany and then in the United States at the start of World War II.

About The Art: Independent and influential, Gustave Baumann stands at the center of American color relief printmaking in the 20th century. He is considered by many to be the "best of the best" of color woodcut artists from throughout time and the world!

This is a fine reproduction of PINON GRAND CANON. Indeed, it is one of the best reproductions I have seen in over a decade of selling both original and replicated Baumann woodcuts. You will be very surprised how authentic the signature and hand-in-the-heart chop mark look and how good the colors are.....even the paper has texture.

NOTE: PINON GRAND CANON is out-of-print. I have only a few left. As with other images that are out-of-print, and because of the quality of these reproductions, the value has increased. PINON GRAND CANON is available unframed only.