Landscapes & Seascapes

Five Hundred Apples

Five Hundred Apples

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 200x20", 30x30"
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Forest Light, Colorado

Forest Light, Colorado

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Daisies and Morning Dew, Oregon

Daisies and Morning Dew, Oregon

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Oak Jubilee, Oregon

Oak Jubilee, Oregon

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Black Spruce Forest and Pond

Black Spruce Forest and Pond

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Coastal Storm, Oregon

Coastal Storm, Oregon

Medium: Cibachrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Franconia Hillside, New Hampshire

Franconia Hillside, New Hampshire

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Wildcat Hollow, Kentucky

Wildcat Hollow, Kentucky

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Blue Melange, Maine

Blue Melange, Maine

Medium: Ilfochrome
Date: 2009
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Sunlight, Cottonwood and Colorado River, Utah

Sunlight, Cottonwood and Colorado River, Utah

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Scattered Beach Stones

Scattered Beach Stones

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Red Campion, Oregon

Red Campion, Oregon

Medium: Ilfochrome
Date: 2006
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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White Lightning, New Hampshire

White Lightning, New Hampshire

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 24x20", 40x30"
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Young Pine and Snow, Oregon

Young Pine and Snow, Oregon

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24, 30x40"
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White Snow Spires, Colorado

White Snow Spires, Colorado

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Eventide, Kentucky

Eventide, Kentucky

Medium: Cibachrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Sunrise Aspen & Moon, CO

Sunrise Aspen & Moon, CO

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Glowing Appalachian Forest. VA

Glowing Appalachian Forest. VA

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 24x20", 40x30"
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Sunlit Towering Aspens, CO

Sunlit Towering Aspens, CO

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 24x20", 40x30"
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Point Reyes Sunrise

Point Reyes Sunrise

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Tranquil Forest, Maine

Tranquil Forest, Maine

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Sweetgum Stars, Virginia

Sweetgum Stars, Virginia

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 16x16". 20x20", 30x30"
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Purple and Green Kinnikinnik

Purple and Green Kinnikinnik

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Helios, Oregon

Helios, Oregon

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Spring Waterplants, Newfoundland

Spring Waterplants, Newfoundland

Medium: Ilfochrome photograph
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Green Banana Leaves, Hawaii

Green Banana Leaves, Hawaii

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Green Veratrum, Alaska

Green Veratrum, Alaska

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Illuminated Sugar Maple, Vermont

Illuminated Sugar Maple, Vermont

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Paper Birch Caper, Alaska

Paper Birch Caper, Alaska

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Cottonwood & Winter Storm, New Mexico

Cottonwood & Winter Storm, New Mexico

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Pascal Lily, Oregon

Pascal Lily, Oregon

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Emerald Merced

Emerald Merced

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 13x13", 20x50"
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Draping Oak Branch, CA

Draping Oak Branch, CA

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Bright Young Cottonwood, Colorado

Bright Young Cottonwood, Colorado

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Cattail Fiesta, S. Dakota

Cattail Fiesta, S. Dakota

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Silverswords and Sunlight, Hawaii

Silverswords and Sunlight, Hawaii

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Sanibel Shells, Florida

Sanibel Shells, Florida

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Wild Lavender Iris, Connecticut

Wild Lavender Iris, Connecticut

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 13x13", 20x50"
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Floating Stars, Florida

Floating Stars, Florida

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Waterlily Gala, Florida

Waterlily Gala, Florida

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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South Rim Rainbow, Arizona

South Rim Rainbow, Arizona

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x24", 32x40"
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Festive Spring Wildflowers, California

Festive Spring Wildflowers, California

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Half Moon and Swift Clouds

Half Moon and Swift Clouds

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Serene Lake Stones

Serene Lake Stones

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Dogwood Cascade,Kentucky

Dogwood Cascade,Kentucky

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 33x13", 50x20"
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Sherando Sunrise, VA

Sherando Sunrise, VA

Medium: Ilfochrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Sea Stone, New Brunswick

Sea Stone, New Brunswick

Medium: Ilfochrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Extravagant Maple, KY

Extravagant Maple, KY

Medium: ilfochrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Orange Maple at Sunrise, PA

Orange Maple at Sunrise, PA

Medium: Ilfochrome photogarph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Indian Lake Sunrise, New York

Indian Lake Sunrise, New York

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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White Dogwood Canopy, Kentucky

White Dogwood Canopy, Kentucky

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Rivendell Woods, Alaska

Rivendell Woods, Alaska

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Cerise Red Maple, KY

Cerise Red Maple, KY

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Rejuvination Creek, WY

Rejuvination Creek, WY

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Gentle Dogwoods, Kentucky

Gentle Dogwoods, Kentucky

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Maple Leaf Collage

Maple Leaf Collage

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Mountain Silverbell, N. Carolina

Mountain Silverbell, N. Carolina

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Acquamarine Sea, California

Acquamarine Sea, California

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Day’s End, Colorado

Day’s End, Colorado

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Morning Storm, Oregon

Morning Storm, Oregon

Medium: ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
Edition: Open

I was on my way to work at about 6:30 in the morning when I came across this scene. Since I always carry my camera with me, I quickly stopped the car and got out the gear.

I ran about 25 yards to the left side, to get the foreground grasses to work as part of the composition, set the Hasselblad on a tripod and took several spot meter readings of the scene. I had time for only one exposure, as the storm was rapidly headed directly toward me, and the light behind me was changing. I quickly took the photograph!

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Sea Breeze

Sea Breeze

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Truffula Aspens, Colorado

Truffula Aspens, Colorado

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Radiant Mountain Aspen

Radiant Mountain Aspen

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Wild Red Maple & Fog, New Hampshire (Limited Availability)

Wild Red Maple & Fog, New Hampshire (Limited Availability)

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 40x50" ONLY
Edition: Open

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS AVAILABLE IN ONE SIZE ONLY: 40X50"

While spending several months in Vermont and New Hampshire in 1989, I often went out to photograph throughout the surrounding region. As I became more intimately acquainted with the area, I would keep my eye on various forested areas and specific trees and would revisit them under different conditions of lighting and time of day.

Early one morning, the air was calm and a low fog blanketed the valley. I knew that conditions were optimum for a worthwhile photograph, so off I went. Only a few miles from where I was living I came across this tree. The fog was thinning, but it still greatly softened the light from the sun–which appeared as a distinct white disk in the brightly illuminated sky.

To me, this photograph has a really celebratory feeling, with the strong upward thrusting motion of the trunks of the tree rising from the strong base of the lichen-covered glaciated rocks, fairly exploding into the brilliantly colored red-orange leaves. The color and textural contrast between the bright, angular leaves and the cool, soft, pastel fog gives a balanced tension which enhances the sense of depth and place and helps give the image a quiet but powerful feeling of strength and dignity.

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Autumn Circus, Oregon

Autumn Circus, Oregon

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Resplendant Leaves at Sunset, Oregon

Resplendant Leaves at Sunset, Oregon

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Madrone Trunks, Siskiyou Mountain, Oregon

Madrone Trunks, Siskiyou Mountain, Oregon

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Glistening Water Lilies, Maine

Glistening Water Lilies, Maine

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Yellow Maples at Twilight

Yellow Maples at Twilight

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Spruce & Bright Aspen Forest, Colorado

Spruce & Bright Aspen Forest, Colorado

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Pearl Barnacles, California

Pearl Barnacles, California

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Trout Creek, Aspen Forest, Colorado

Trout Creek, Aspen Forest, Colorado

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Graceful Aspens, Colorado

Graceful Aspens, Colorado

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Spring Aspens and Lavender Stone, Colorado

Spring Aspens and Lavender Stone, Colorado

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Glowing Autumn Forest, Virginia

Glowing Autumn Forest, Virginia

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Stormy Red Oak, VA

Stormy Red Oak, VA

Medium: Ilfochrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Clearwater River Ripples, Idaho

Clearwater River Ripples, Idaho

Medium: Ilfochrome
Date: 1994
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Azure Morning Clouds

Azure Morning Clouds

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Golden Cottonwoods, CO

Golden Cottonwoods, CO

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Spring Grass and Rainpool, OR

Spring Grass and Rainpool, OR

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Autumn Aspens & Blue Lake Stars, WY

Autumn Aspens & Blue Lake Stars, WY

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Golden Aspens and Sunlight

Golden Aspens and Sunlight

Medium: Cibachrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40", 40x50"
Edition: Open edition for 20x24" and 30x40" sizes
Edition: 40x50" edition is 15

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Aspen Ethos

Aspen Ethos

Medium: Cibachrome photograph
Size: 20x24", 30x40". 40x50"
Edition: Open edition for the 20x24" and 30x40" sizes
Edition: Limited edition of 15 for the 40x50"

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Sapphire Lake Melody, NH

Sapphire Lake Melody, NH

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Syncopated Red Maple, West Virginia

Syncopated Red Maple, West Virginia

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Sunrise & Autumn Blueberries, ME

Sunrise & Autumn Blueberries, ME

Medium: Ilfochrome print
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Flowering Redbud, Kentucky

Flowering Redbud, Kentucky

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Autumn Reflections, KY

Autumn Reflections, KY

Medium: Ilforchrome print
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Arctic Sunrise, Newfoundland

Arctic Sunrise, Newfoundland

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Franconia Hills, New Hampshire

Franconia Hills, New Hampshire

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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Shining Water Lilies, Maine

Shining Water Lilies, Maine

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x24", 30x40"
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The Road North, Labrador

The Road North, Labrador

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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Glowing Winter Aspen

Glowing Winter Aspen

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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White Egret, Carmel Bay, California

White Egret, Carmel Bay, California

Medium: Ilfochrome
Size: 20x20", 30x30"
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BIOGRAPHY

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Christopher Burkett was born in 1951 and was reared in the Pacific Northwest. In 1975, while he was a brother in a Christian order, he became interested in photography as a means of expressing the grace, light and beauty he saw present in the world of nature. Over the next twenty years, he gradually perfected his craft so photography could be the means through which he could express his innermost feelings and inspiration. Today he works almost exclusively with color 8 x 10″ transparencies.

In 1979, Burkett left the brotherhood to pursue photography and married his wife, Ruth. He learned the offset printing process and ran four-color printing presses and laser scanners to create detailed color separations. These years of experience in the printing trade helped develop his fine discernment of color and gave him a deep understanding of the principles of color and tone reproduction.

Today Burkett travels extensively throughout the United States to photograph. His masterful printing and numerous exhibitions rapidly brought him international acclaim. His photographs are featured in many public and private fine art collections. Burkett also has taught several workshops sponsored through the Friends of Photography and Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

Burkett is a recognized national expert in printing Cibachrome (Ilfochrome), by virtue of his use of sophisticated and unique masking techniques. He meticulously hand prints his 8 x 10″ transparencies to 20 x 24″, 30 x 40″, and 40 x 50″, with impressive sharpness and rich tonality. All images are archivally overmatted, signed and numbered by the artist.