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Loch Raven by Gordon Louis Mortensen
Loch Raven
Gordon Louis Mortensen
Title
Loch Raven
Artist
Gordon Louis Mortensen
1938 - PRESENT (biography)Year
1980
Technique
color reduction woodcut printed in 27 colors with 21 press runs
Image Size
19 1/8 x 26" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
8/12 ap
Annotations
titled, lower left; dated after the signature
Reference
Paper
ivory wove Torinoko
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
GOMO307
Price
$775.00
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."