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Edith Baumann — Something Else No. 65
Edith Baumann

Something Else No. 65

2021

Something Else No. 65 is a commanding square-format painting that exemplifies Edith Baumann's sustained inquiry into the expressive potential of abstraction. Executed in acrylic on canvas at 132.1 × 132.1 cm, the work carries a physical presence that rewards close looking, with surface decisions that feel simultaneously deliberate and alive. Baumann's approach resists easy categorization, drawing on the traditions of postwar American abstraction while maintaining a distinctly contemporary sensibility rooted in process, color relationship, and compositional tension. Baumann has built a significant body of work around her ongoing "Something Else" series, a sequence of paintings that collectively interrogate what abstraction can still do, what it can still say. Each numbered entry in the series functions as both a standalone object and a chapter in a longer visual argument. No. 65 benefits from this context, arriving with the confidence of a practice that has been refined over years of sustained studio engagement. The square canvas reinforces a sense of internal equilibrium, even as the pictorial elements within push against that stability. For collectors, Something Else No. 65 represents a rare opportunity to acquire a signed work from a mature and intellectually coherent body of practice. The painting is offered through Modernism Inc. and is available unframed, allowing for presentation choices that suit individual interiors. Works from the "Something Else" series have attracted increasing attention in the primary and secondary markets, and this example, with its strong scale and compositional authority, stands as a particularly compelling acquisition.

Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Modernism Inc., San Francisco, CA

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Edith Baumann, Something Else No. 65, 2021

Something Else No. 65 is a commanding square-format painting that exemplifies Edith Baumann's sustained inquiry into the expressive potential of abstraction. Executed in acrylic on canvas at 132.1 × 132.1 cm, the work carries a physical presence that rewards close looking, with surface decisions that feel simultaneously deliberate and alive. Baumann's approach resists easy categorization, drawing on the traditions of postwar American abstraction while maintaining a distinctly contemporary sensibility rooted in process, color relationship, and compositional tension. Baumann has built a significant body of work around her ongoing "Something Else" series, a sequence of paintings that collectively interrogate what abstraction can still do, what it can still say. Each numbered entry in the series functions as both a standalone object and a chapter in a longer visual argument. No. 65 benefits from this context, arriving with the confidence of a practice that has been refined over years of sustained studio engagement. The square canvas reinforces a sense of internal equilibrium, even as the pictorial elements within push against that stability. For collectors, Something Else No. 65 represents a rare opportunity to acquire a signed work from a mature and intellectually coherent body of practice. The painting is offered through Modernism Inc. and is available unframed, allowing for presentation choices that suit individual interiors. Works from the "Something Else" series have attracted increasing attention in the primary and secondary markets, and this example, with its strong scale and compositional authority, stands as a particularly compelling acquisition.

Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 132.1 x 132.1 cm
Year
2021
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Modernism Inc., San Francisco, CA

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