Plate I, from 1917 Packard Twin-Six Calendar

1916

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Color woodcut on cream card
Dimensions: Primary image: 20.5 × 20 cm (8 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 24.5 cm (13 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1923.448.1
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Plate I, from 1917 Packard Twin-Six Calendar — Gustave Baumann. 1916.

Medium: Color woodcut on cream card. Dimensions: Primary image: 20.5 × 20 cm (8 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 24.5 cm (13 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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.

Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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