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West Baker Park by Gordon Louis Mortensen

West Baker Park by Gordon Louis Mortensen

West Baker Park

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Title

West Baker Park

 
Artist

Gordon Louis Mortensen

  1938 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
1977  
Technique
color reduction woodcut with 23 colors and 20 press runs 
Image Size
19 x 26" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
14/14 ap, outside of edition of 100 
Annotations
titled, dated, editioned and copyrighted in pencil 
Reference
 
Paper
white laid Hosho 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GoMo109 
Price
SOLD
Description

Gordon Mortensen 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."

In the printing for "West Baker Pack" Mortensen used 23 colors during 20 press runs.