Tom Killion Woodcut Prints - The High Sierra Series

Killion's High Sierra series of prints was created largely from 1995 to 2000 for his book "The High Sierra of California," which also contains the Sierra high country journals of noted California poet Gary Snyder. Sierra prints completed since the book's publication are listed at the top of this page. All prints are limited edition, signed and numbered.

Key to Abbreviations is at the bottom of this page.

Key to Printing History Terms is at the bottom of this page.

Davis Lakes & Mt. McGee

Title: Davis Lakes & Mt. McGee
Image Size:11.5x19.5 inches
Printing History: Multi-block reduction-cut, 8 color layers, edition of 170 plus several a.p.s completed March 2010. (Mt. Goddard rises on left side of print, view is west from ridge above Wanda Lake on the JMT.) This is a LARGE print, note dimensions (because of the format of this website, the image looks smaller in relation to others on this page, but it is actually bigger than most of them). Ask for direct purchase discount on this image thru Sept.30.
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Whitney Crest from Kaweah Basin

Title: Whitney Crest from Kaweah Basin
Image Size:9.5x12 inches
Printing History: Edition of 165 plus 1 a.p. completed March 2006. Multi-block reduction with 7 color layers. 5 remain for sale.
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Sawtooth Crest from Chagoopa Creek

Title: Sawtooth Crest from Chagoopa Creek
Image Size:9.5x12 inches
Printing History: Edition of 170 completed March, 2006. Multi-block reduction cut with 6 color layers.

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Big Arroyo, Foxtail Pines

Title: Big Arroyo, Foxtail Pines
Image Size:10x12.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 175, 4 a.p.s and 3 w.p.s completed January 2006. Multi-block reduction with 8 color layers. Blocks destroyed in process.

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Out of print - not available

9-Lakes Basin

Title: 9-Lakes Basin
Image Size:9x7 inches
Printing History: Multi-block reduction cut with 6 color layers, single edition of 150 printed January 2007; 3 original blocks carved 2004 and hand-printed with water-based inks as open studios keepsakes. Blocks destroyed in process.
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Lake Tahoe from Maggies Peaks, Desolation Wilderness

Title: Lake Tahoe from Maggies Peaks, Desolation Wilderness
Image Size:13.5x17 inches
Printing History: Edition of 176 plus 2 w.p.s completed October 2005. Multi-block reduction cut, originally printed in August with 11 color layers, but 2 new layers added from new blocks in October. Blocks destroyed in process.
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Half Title Page: Matterhorn Peak from Spiller Canyon

Title: Half Title Page: Matterhorn Peak from Spiller Canyon
Image Size:12x16.5 inches
Printing History: Only 20 a.p.s printed (19 with handset metal type -- 1 without type) along with pages of book, 1998. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Matterhorn Peak from Spiller Canyon

Title: Matterhorn Peak from Spiller Canyon
Image Size:9x16.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 75 plus 4 a.p.s printed 1999; border then cut away to produce title page print, see above. Multi-block reduction cut. o.p.

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Evolution Valley from McClures Meadow

Title: Evolution Valley from McClures Meadow
Image Size:12.5x19 inches
Printing History: Edition of 108 plus 5 a.p.s on Ise paper printed in 1997. Multi-block reduction cut. o.p.

Large-format giclée print (28x36) edition of 25 (plus 10 a.p.s and several w.p.s). Last a.p.s still available.
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Price: $950.00
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Kaweah Lake

Title: Kaweah Lake
Image Size:12x16.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 98 plus 13 a.p.s and 2 b.p.s printed September 1999. Blocks then cut up to print covers of handprinted High Sierra book. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Kern River Hot Springs

Title: Kern River Hot Springs
Image Size:12x9 inches
Printing History: Edition of 65 plus 2 a.p.s printed through #39, January 2000.

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East Pinnacles Creek

Title: East Pinnacles Creek
Image Size:12x16 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 95 plus 11 a.p.s printed 1998 -- some titled "French's Canyon"; State II with 2 sky blocks printed in edition of 114 plus 3 a.p.s, 2002. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Snow Lake from Rock Island Pass

Title: Snow Lake from Rock Island Pass
Image Size:9.5x12.5 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 115 printed 1996. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Snow Lake from Rock Island Pass, State II

Title: Snow Lake from Rock Island Pass, State II
Image Size:9.5x12.5 inches
Printing History: State II, edition of 34. Blocks destroyed. 5 remain.
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Pinnacles Crest

Title: Pinnacles Crest
Image Size:12x8.5 inches
Printing History: First edition of 95 plus 9 a.p.s printed from March 2000. Edition II of 75 begun 2005
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Milestone Mountain from a Lake below Mt. Ericsson

Title: Milestone Mountain from a Lake below Mt. Ericsson
Image Size:8.5x10.5 inches
Printing History: First edition of 95 begun March 2000, plus 9 a.p.s.
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Chagoopa Plateau

Title: Chagoopa Plateau
Image Size:6x8 inches
Printing History: Edition of 34 printed July 1999. Multi-block reduction cut. o.p.
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Sierra Junipers

Title: Sierra Junipers
Image Size:3.5x5.25 inches
Printing History: First edition of 80 printed Summer 1999; Edition II of 90 (2001); Edition III of 75 (2003/4) plus 3 a.p.s; Edition IV of 75 (2007) plus several a.p.s.
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Junipers, Pine Creek Pass

Title: Junipers, Pine Creek Pass
Image Size:4x4.25 inches
Printing History: First edition of 100 printed March 2000, plus 29 a.p.s. Edition II (2002) = 95; ed. III (2005) = 50; ed.IV (2009) = 65. Available.

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Sierra Columbine

Title: Sierra Columbine
Image Size:4x7 inches
Printing History: First edition of 82, #1-53 printed on Ise paper 1999; #54-82 plus edition II of 85 printed on Torinoko 2007.Ed. II available.
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Piute Pass from Carolina's Valley

Title: Piute Pass from Carolina's Valley
Image Size:12x16 inches
Printing History: Edition of 97 plus 17 a.p.s and 1 w.p. on Ise paper, printed 1999. Multi-block reduction cut. o.p.
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Sierra Log Jam/North Fork American River

Title: Sierra Log Jam/North Fork American River
Image Size:7.5x9.5 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 20 plus 11 artists proofs, printed 1997. o.p.
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Sierra Log Jam

Title: Sierra Log Jam
Image Size:10.5x9.5 inches
Printing History: State II, edition of 51 printed November 1999. o.p.
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Yosemite Valley

Title: Yosemite Valley
Image Size:11.5x16 inches
Printing History: State I [yellow sky] printed in edition of 115 plus 15 a.p.s in 1999 and completed in 2001. o.p.
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Yosemite Valley II

Title: Yosemite Valley II
Image Size:11.5x16 inches
Printing History: State II [different sky color and small clouds behind Half Dome] 4-color print, completed 1-2007 in edition of 110 plus several a.p.s.
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Half Dome from above Glacier Point

Title: Half Dome from above Glacier Point
Image Size:12x9 inches
Printing History: First edition of 115 plus 5 a.p.s printed October 1999. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Yosemite Falls

Title: Yosemite Falls
Image Size:11x9 inches
Printing History: First edition of 95 plus 15 a.p.s printed March 2000. Second edition (II) of 85 plus 15 a.p.s printed January 2004. Block recut 2008 & ed. III of 75 begun.
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Upper Falls, Yosemite

Title: Upper Falls, Yosemite
Image Size:8x5 inches
Printing History: First edition of 95 plus 7 a.p.s printed March 2000; ed. II of 85 printed July 2002. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Chalfant Basin and Royce Peaks

Title: Chalfant Basin and Royce Peaks
Image Size:12x16 inches
Printing History: Edition of 100 plus 2 a.p.s printed 1999. Multi-block reduction cut. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Horse Creek Trail, Hoover Wilderness

Title: Horse Creek Trail, Hoover Wilderness
Image Size:11.5x9 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 95 plus a.p.s 3-7, printed through #71, November 1999; State II, edition of 85 plus 5 a.p.s and and 13 b.p.s printed February 2001. Blocks destroyed. o.p.

Large-format iris print now available, image size 21x16.5, ed. of 65.
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Price: $275.00
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Lake Tenaya

Title: Lake Tenaya
Image Size:12x12 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 50 plus 11 a.p.s printed c.1977-82; State II -- key block recut and 2nd color block added, edition of 100 plus 15 a.p.s printed c.1989-90. o.p.
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Lake Tenaya

Title: Lake Tenaya
Image Size:12x12 inches
Printing History: State III -- 2 color print/key block recut -- Edition of 95 plus 6 a.p.s, 2 b.p.s and 1 w.p. completed 2004. o.p.

Now available as a gíclee print in edition of 98, image size: 22.5x22.5
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Lake Tenaya from Olmsted Point

Title: Lake Tenaya from Olmsted Point
Image Size:4.25x5.25 inches
Printing History: Two-color print, edition of 98 begun July 2000.
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Kearsarge Pinnacles

Title: Kearsarge Pinnacles
Image Size:12x16 inches
Printing History: First edition of 104 plus 2 a.p.s printed 1999 -- many with second color layer in lower sky. Second State with small clouds in lower right sky printed from new color blocks September 2007. State II now available.
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Glacial Erratic, Tuolumne Meadows

Title: Glacial Erratic, Tuolumne Meadows
Image Size:11.5x9 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 95 plus 6 a.p.s printed 1998; State II, edition of 95 plus 18 a.p.s and 3 w.p.s. printed February 2001. o.p.

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Unicorn Peak, Yosemite National Park

Title: Unicorn Peak, Yosemite National Park
Image Size:6x9 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 75 plus 20 a.p.s, printed 1999 -- some with blue sky, some titled "Cathedral Peak"; State II, edition of 85 plus 2 a.p.s, printed August 2002.
Out of print - not available

Snow Camping, Whitney Crest

Title: Snow Camping, Whitney Crest
Image Size:8x11.25 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 101 plus 2 a.p.s printed December 1989. o.p.
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Snow Camping, Whitney Crest

Title: Snow Camping, Whitney Crest
Image Size:8x11.25 inches
Printing History: State II, edition of 80 printed February 2001 -- orange blocks recut, tent lines changed. Note the dark patch in right hand sky appears in all State II prints. 2 remain.
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Mts. Banner and Ritter

Title: Mts. Banner and Ritter
Image Size:6x9 inches
Printing History: First edition of 75 plus 18 a.p.s printed 1998; second edition (II) of 90 plus 16 a.p.s printed 2001-05. o.p.
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Milestone Mountain from the High Route

Title: Milestone Mountain from the High Route
Image Size:6.5x8.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 125, Numbers 1-59 printed August 2000.
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Junction Peak (above Bubbs Creek)

Title: Junction Peak (above Bubbs Creek)
Image Size:12x9 inches
Printing History: Edition I of 95, Numbers 1-52 plus 1 a.p. printed April 2000. Numbers 53-95 printed Feb. 2010. Two-color layers.

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Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows

Title: Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows
Image Size:7x10.75 inches
Printing History: First edition of 95 plus several a.p.s printed April 2000. Edition II of 85 printed 2005-07.
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White Bear Lake and Seven Gables Mountain

Title: White Bear Lake and Seven Gables Mountain
Image Size:9x5.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 90 plus 5 a.p.s printed March 2000.
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Devils Punchbowl Lake, Red Mountain Basin

Title: Devils Punchbowl Lake, Red Mountain Basin
Image Size:7.5x5.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 100 plus several a.p.s printed March 2000.
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Angel Wings, Sequoia National Park

Title: Angel Wings, Sequoia National Park
Image Size:11.5x8 inches
Printing History: State I, edition of 20 plus 5 a.p.s printed 1998; State II edition of 80 begun 2000.
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Hamilton Lake

Title: Hamilton Lake
Image Size:12x9.5 inches
Printing History: Edition of 95 printed July 2000.
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Cathedral Range

Title: Cathedral Range
Image Size:3x5 inches
Printing History: First edition of 30 printed c.1978-79; second edition (II) printed 1980 along with pages for "Eastward the Armies" [see Handprinted Books]; 3rd edition of 16 printed 1997 -- block recut/destroyed printing "Prospectus" for High Sierra book. o.p.
Out of print - not available

Key to Abbreviations:
All prints are signed and numbered in pencil; dimensions are of the actual image itself, not including signature or paper margins, given in inches, height before width.
a.p. = artist's proofs (where color experiments are made before edition is pulled)
b.p. = book proofs (pages from handprinted books that were never bound in and are now sold separately as signed prints)
o.p. = out-of-print
w.p. = working proofs (have serious flaws or odd color variations)

Key to Printing History Terms:
1. "Multi-block reduction (cut) prints" are limited to one edition as blocks are destroyed in the printing process (see Technique page).
2. Editions: Second editions (II) of other multi-color prints involve recutting of color blocks and consequent variations in the final image. Some of the single color prints have been issued in multiple small editions with touch-up recutting ("cleaning-up") of blocks, but no significant changes in the printed image. With the exception of "Wave", "Seaweed" and "Mt. Tam from Wolfe Grade", no more than 350 prints (total of all editions and a.p.s) have been issued of any print.
3. "Giclées": Killion's digital reproductions are created with new generation "iris print" technology that enables the images to be printed on all-rag watercolor paper. All Killion's "giclée" prints are larger-size than the original woodcuts and have only been created after the woodcut editions have sold out (see information in How to Purchase Prints). All other Killion prints are handprinted by the artist from his original hand cut blocks.

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