56: LEON LOUGHRIDGE FOLIO OF 10 FLINT HILLS WOODBLOCKS

Leon Loughridge (Born 1952)
The Flint Hills (2008)
This completely unique lot is comprised of ten pencil signed reduction woodblock prints by Leon Loughridge, the Denver artist whose energies and techniques give his color woodblocks new attributes with each print pulled. The cloth covered clamshell box includes pencil signed prints, illustrated poems, artist correspondence and more. Print titles: Cottonwood Falls edition 1/17; Flint Hills edition 1/13; Morning Fields edition 1/22; Quiet Sunrise 1/6; Prairie Road 1/12; September Field 1/8; Sunset 1/8; Tin Sky 1/12; Vultures 1/10; and Weathered 1/10. The correspondence included here indicates that teach of these is #1 of the edition. Also included are nine pages of poetry illustrated with additional reduction woodblock vignettes for even more illustrations; a page of handmade paper incorporating a frond of Flint Hills prairie grass; Copyright, introduction and prelude pages; A colophon page describing the printing process and materials; plus a handwritten letter from the artist to Jack Olsen, co-founder and co-owner of Legacy Gallery in Kansas City.
Each sheet measures 13 x 11 inches.
Very fine and clean condition, near pristine, the full untrimmed sheets are free from issue of any type as shown here.
Provenance: A private San Francisco collection.
$1,000 - $1,500