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Oak Creek by Gordon Louis Mortensen
Oak Creek
Gordon Louis Mortensen
Title
Oak Creek
Artist
Gordon Louis Mortensen
1938 - PRESENT (biography)Year
1984
Technique
color reduction woodcut, printed in 38 colors with 36 press runs.
Image Size
22 x 36" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
9 of 130
Annotations
titled, dated, editioned and copyrighted in pencil
Reference
Paper
white wove Torinoko
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
GoMo106
Price
$650.00
Description
Gordon Mortensen commented on the process he uses: "Only one woodblock is used. On it an image is drawn in India ink. Before the first color is printed, any areas that are to remain unprinted (white or the color of the paper) are cut away from the surface of the block. Then an oil base ink is used to print the first color on all of the sheets of paper that are to be used for the edition and proofs.
After the first printing the block is again cut, removing any surface of the block that is to remain the first color in the finished print. After each subsequent color is printed, the block is cut, the process continues until the print is finished and most of the surface of the block is cut away."