December, Frick Park by Gordon Louis Mortensen

December, Frick Park by Gordon Louis Mortensen

December, Frick Park

Gordon Louis Mortensen

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Title

December, Frick Park

 
Artist
Year
2000  
Technique
reduction color woodcut printed in 25 colors with 25 press runs. 
Image Size
12 x 18 1/2" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
100 of 110  
Annotations
pencil dated, titled, and editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory Arches 88 wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GOMO246 
Price
$500.00 
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."

Frick Park is the largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, covering 644 acres. It is one of Pittsburgh's four historic large parks. The park began when Henry Clay Frick, upon his death in 1919, bequeathed 380 acres south of Clayton, his Point Breeze mansion (which is now part of the Frick Art & Historical Center). He also arranged for a $2 million trust fund ($27.3 million today) for long-term maintenance for the park, which opened on June 25, 1927.

 

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