Greeting card for 1916: "The corn was frosted"

Description

During his lifetime Baumann created a wide variety of printed ephemera, including Christmas cards, calendars, marriage announcements, booklets, and stationery.

Greeting card for 1916: "The corn was frosted"

Gustave Baumann

1916

Accession Number

8677

Medium

Woodcuts in blue and black ink on tan laid paper, folded into a card

Dimensions

Image front: 12.2 × 8.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.); Image inside: 11.5 × 18.3 cm (4 9/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Card folded: 15.7 × 11.2 cm (6 3/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Card open: 15.7 × 22.1 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Classification

woodcut

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The William Gold Hibbard Memorial