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Carmel Meadows Beach by Gordon Louis Mortensen

Carmel Meadows Beach by Gordon Louis Mortensen

Carmel Meadows Beach

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Title

Carmel Meadows Beach

 
Artist

Gordon Louis Mortensen

  1938 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
2001  
Technique
color reduction woodcut, printed in 48 colors with 34 press runs. 
Image Size
18 1/4 x 24" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
51 of 100  
Annotations
titled, dated, editioned and copyrighted in pencil 
Reference
 
Paper
white wove Arches 88 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GoMo114 
Price
SOLD
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."