Gordon Mortensen, American, b. 1938

Minnesota Marshes

20 x 24 inches unframed, 31 x 35 inches framed

Color lithograph on paper

Titled in graphite lower left, edition in graphite lower center 7/20, signature and date in graphite lower right.

Private Collection, Minnesota

One color lithograph depicting a landscape in the season of winter. The style of the artwork is abstracted and strident, with sharp staccato lines and thin interconnected lines forming bare branches. The colors used are austere, reinforcing the cold mood intended to communicate the chill temperature.

Keywords: woodcut, line-cut reduction woodprint, technical process, formal, nature, landscape, Midwest, North Dakota, California, Minneapolis School of Art or Minneapolis College of Art and Design (ed.), University of Minnesota (ed.), St. Paul Art Museum (prof.), Rochester Art Center (prof.), Minnetonka Art Center, Wayzata (prof.), Brooklyn Museum National Print Exhibition (exh.), Boston Printmakers (mem.), Brooklyn Museum (coll.), Philadelphia Museum of Art (coll.), Smithsonian Museum of American Art (coll.), Art Institute of Chicago (coll.), Walker Art Center (coll.), Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan (coll.), New American Graphical Invitational (awrd.), Fifth Biennial International Matmedia Exhibition (awrd.), Mid-Western Artist Exhibition (awrd.)

Gordon Mortensen, American, b. 1938

Minnesota Marshes

20 x 24 inches unframed, 31 x 35 inches framed

Color lithograph on paper

Titled in graphite lower left, edition in graphite lower center 7/20, signature and date in graphite lower right.

Private Collection, Minnesota

One color lithograph depicting a landscape in the season of winter. The style of the artwork is abstracted and strident, with sharp staccato lines and thin interconnected lines forming bare branches. The colors used are austere, reinforcing the cold mood intended to communicate the chill temperature.

Keywords: woodcut, line-cut reduction woodprint, technical process, formal, nature, landscape, Midwest, North Dakota, California, Minneapolis School of Art or Minneapolis College of Art and Design (ed.), University of Minnesota (ed.), St. Paul Art Museum (prof.), Rochester Art Center (prof.), Minnetonka Art Center, Wayzata (prof.), Brooklyn Museum National Print Exhibition (exh.), Boston Printmakers (mem.), Brooklyn Museum (coll.), Philadelphia Museum of Art (coll.), Smithsonian Museum of American Art (coll.), Art Institute of Chicago (coll.), Walker Art Center (coll.), Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan (coll.), New American Graphical Invitational (awrd.), Fifth Biennial International Matmedia Exhibition (awrd.), Mid-Western Artist Exhibition (awrd.)

Gordon Mortensen, American, b. 1938

Minnesota Marshes

20 x 24 inches unframed, 31 x 35 inches framed

Color lithograph on paper

Titled in graphite lower left, edition in graphite lower center 7/20, signature and date in graphite lower right.

Private Collection, Minnesota

One color lithograph depicting a landscape in the season of winter. The style of the artwork is abstracted and strident, with sharp staccato lines and thin interconnected lines forming bare branches. The colors used are austere, reinforcing the cold mood intended to communicate the chill temperature.

Keywords: woodcut, line-cut reduction woodprint, technical process, formal, nature, landscape, Midwest, North Dakota, California, Minneapolis School of Art or Minneapolis College of Art and Design (ed.), University of Minnesota (ed.), St. Paul Art Museum (prof.), Rochester Art Center (prof.), Minnetonka Art Center, Wayzata (prof.), Brooklyn Museum National Print Exhibition (exh.), Boston Printmakers (mem.), Brooklyn Museum (coll.), Philadelphia Museum of Art (coll.), Smithsonian Museum of American Art (coll.), Art Institute of Chicago (coll.), Walker Art Center (coll.), Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan (coll.), New American Graphical Invitational (awrd.), Fifth Biennial International Matmedia Exhibition (awrd.), Mid-Western Artist Exhibition (awrd.)