Peshastin, Washington: Wiesedruck, 2016. Hardcover. Number 37 of 40 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist. This book includes a collection of plants native to Chelan County in central Washington State, documented by Horowitz during daily walks in the region. The artist sought guidance in choosing flowers iconic to this region from local botanists and naturalists of the Washington Native Plant Society. A sample of flowers chosen include: Mule's ears, Glacier lily, Oregon anemone, Cat's ear lily, and Henderson's shooting star. McNutty's essay: "Gestures of Stone and Water: A Natural History of the Wenatchee Watershed" was composed for the Wenatchee River Watershed Art project in 2002, and is reprinted here with permission.

Following is an excerpt from McNutty's essay: "The craggy, windswept summit of Mount Stuart in Washington’s central Cascades feels like the top of the world. Granite walls plunge into glaciers and snowfields, and surrounding peaks fall away in a dizzying whirl. When the wind eases, the rush of meltwater streams thunders softly in canyons far below. For the Wenatchee watershed—nearly a million acres of converging ridges and flashing river canyons—9,415-foot Mount Stuart is the top of the world. From there, nearly fifty miles north to Chiwawa Mountain and half that distance southeast to Mission Ridge, a spectacular jumble of snowy peaks and ridges spills east in a grand gesture from Cascade crest to sagebrush steppe.”

Green leather spine titled in gilt with green pastepaper covered boards featuring a gilt wildflower to cover. Includes 23 plates drawn, etched, printed, and hand-colored by the artist. The text was letterpress printed by Art Larson onto hand-made paper by Katie MacGregor. Bound by Claudia Cohen. Housed in a tan cloth covered box with dark green leather title label to spine panel and green pasted-paper covered edges. Unpaginated. Box size: about 9 x 12 inches.

Sarah Horowitz has been awarded multiple grants and has held residencies at several arts centers including ArtBellwald in Switzerland. She taught printmaking at Portland State University for over ten years and was a member of Atelier Mars printmaking workshop during her time in Portland. Her press is named for the Wiese stream that runs through her grandparents backyard near Basel, Switzerland. Much of her work is printed on a Charles Brand Press once owned by Leonard Baskin. Her work is held in private and institutional collections across the U.S. PRI/122722. Fine.

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