Pinaleno Mountains by Gordon Louis Mortensen

Pinaleno Mountains by Gordon Louis Mortensen

Pinaleno Mountains

Gordon Louis Mortensen

Title

Pinaleno Mountains

 
Artist

Gordon Louis Mortensen

  1938 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
1989  
Technique
color reduction woodcut, printed in 35 colors with 27 press runs 
Image Size
18 1/2 x 12" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
9 of 130  
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, editioned, and copyrighted 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory wove Rives 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
GOMO356 
Price
SOLD
Description

The Pinaleño Mountains are a remote range in southeastern Arizona. The mountains have over 7,000 feet of vertical relief but in his woodcut, Pinaleno Mountains, Mortensen focuses on the lush spring vegetation of a meadow. Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, found at the center of the image clearly identifies this as a desert scene. The highly timbered, blue-green mountains are offset by a golden sky.