Plate 2, from 1917 Packard Twin-Six Calendar
Gustave Baumann
1917
- Medium
- Color woodcuts with letterpress in brown ink on cream card, punched and bound with string at top edge
- Dimensions
- Primary image: 20.1 × 20 cm (7 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 24.5 cm (13 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- woodcut
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingwoodcut
About
During his lifetime Baumann created a wide variety of printed ephemera, including Christmas cards, calendars, marriage announcements, booklets, and stationery. Here, one of Baumann’s foremost utilitarian objects is the 1917 calendar he produced on commission for the Packard Motor Car Company. Baumann’s work demonstrates his ability to create art objects from everyday household items, melding art with design and aesthetics with functionality.
