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Painted Canyon

by Gordon Mortensen

Year
19881
Medium
Color reduction woodcut, printed in 41 colors with 29 press runs1
Edition
130; a dealer’s copy is numbered 102 of 1301
Size
Image 28⅞ × 40 in. A second dealer gives 31 × 42 in for the unframed print.12
Publisher
C. G. Rein Galleries, Minnesota1
Issue price
[issue price not confirmed]
Paper
Ivory Kizuki Hanga wove1

The North Dakota badlands, in what is now Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Two dealers were each asking $825 for a copy when we read their pages in November 2026.12

What it sells for

Painted Canyon rarely comes up for sale. The snapshot collected 13 November 2026 holds one sold listing for this title:

  • $825

With so few sales of one title, the artist-level range is the better guide. Recent eBay sold listings for Gordon Mortensen ranged from $100 to $1,500, with a median of $750 (14 sold listings, collected 13 November 2026).

Low
$100
25th percentile
$550
Median
$750
75th percentile
$850
High
$1,500

These are observations of sold listings, not an appraisal. Where a seller accepted a Best Offer, eBay shows the asking price, so true prices can be lower. How we source prices.

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How to identify it

One dealer’s copy is signed in pencil at lower right, and titled, dated, numbered and marked with the copyright in pencil.1

Gordon Mortensen prints in general

Mortensen has described the method himself. He uses one block. Before each color he cuts away what is to stay as it is, prints that color on every sheet of the edition, and cuts again, until the print is finished and most of the surface of the block is cut away.3

The prints are signed in pencil at lower right, and titled, dated and numbered in pencil. The number is written as the copy over the edition, such as 31/130.415

Editions are small. Most of the prints on this site with a recorded edition were printed in 130 copies; Wild Phlox is 140.41567

All identification notes for Gordon Mortensen prints

This print on eBay now

See Painted Canyon by Gordon Mortensen in eBay’s Art category. Auctions are listed ending soonest first; many sellers also take a Best Offer.

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More by Gordon Mortensen

Sources

  1. Painted Canyon by Gordon Louis Mortensen | Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Annex Galleries. Read 13 November 2026.
  2. "Painted Canyon" - Reduction Woodcut Print on Paper by Gordon Mortense. J. Todd Galleries. Read 13 November 2026.
  3. Gordon Louis Mortensen Biography | Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Annex Galleries. Read 13 November 2026.
  4. Oak Creek by Gordon Louis Mortensen | Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Annex Galleries. Read 13 November 2026.
  5. Near Tortilla Flat | Gordon Mortensen. RoGallery. Read 13 November 2026.
  6. Gordon Mortensen | Beach Flowers | Woodcut. Davidson Galleries. Read 13 November 2026.
  7. Gordon Mortensen | Wild Phlox | Woodcut. Davidson Galleries. Read 13 November 2026.