Big Sur
- Year
- [year not confirmed]
- Medium
- Reduction woodcut1
- Issue price
- [issue price not confirmed]
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum has offered copy 7/130 in its shop.1
What it sells for
Big Sur rarely comes up for sale: the snapshot collected 13 November 2026 holds no sold listing for this title.
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
- 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
This is not the same print as The Big Sur River, which a seller dates 1978 and which has a larger image, 22 × 30 inches.13
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.4
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 31/130.567
Editions are small. Most of the prints on this site with a recorded edition were printed in 130 copies; Wild Phlox is 140.56789
This print on eBay now
See Big Sur 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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Sources
- "Big Sur" by Gordon Mortensen. The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum (store).
- Gordon Mortensen "Big Sur" Signed Fine Art Woodcut River #129/130 Submit Offer | Chairish. Chairish (resale marketplace; seller-written listing).
- 1978 "The Big Sur River" Gordon Mortensen Hand Signed Woodcut Print | Chairish. Chairish (resale marketplace; seller-written listing).
- Gordon Louis Mortensen Biography | Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Annex Galleries.
- Oak Creek by Gordon Louis Mortensen | Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Annex Galleries.
- Painted Canyon by Gordon Louis Mortensen | Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Annex Galleries.
- Near Tortilla Flat | Gordon Mortensen. RoGallery.
- Gordon Mortensen | Beach Flowers | Woodcut. Davidson Galleries.
- Gordon Mortensen | Wild Phlox | Woodcut. Davidson Galleries.