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.