Gene Kloss etching Friendship Dance

Description: Gene Kloss (American, 1903-1996) Friendship Dance drypoint etching, pencil signed l.r., circa 1953 in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, RISD visible image measures approximately: 12 1/4" W x 8 5/8" Hsheet measures approximately: 16 1/4" W x 10 7/8" Hmat measures approximately: 18 3/8" W x 14 3/4" H Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing (if paying by check or cash, processing fee will be refunded) and carrier fees. If local pickup is selected and if applicable, payment processing fee will still be assessed and due. About Gene Kloss Alice Geneva Glasier (Gene Kloss) was born in Oakland, California on July 27, 1903. Kloss was introduced to etching by Perham Nahl at UC Berkeley where she graduated in 1924. After marrying the poet Phillips Kloss in 1925, she furthered her art studies at the California School of Fine Arts and California College of the Arts. She continued spending winters in Berkeley after settling in Taos, NM. In 1929, the Klosses settled permanently in New Mexico. The magic of Taos and its mountains captivated her as they did so many artists of the 20s. The revival of interest in representational art has occasioned a revival of interest in the work of Gene Kloss, one of New Mexico's best-loved etchers. Her death in 1996 broke one of the last links between our times and the great age of fine art which flourished in pre-war Taos. During her career of over sixty years, Kloss produced more than 600 prints. Although printmaking was her preferred medium, Kloss was also very accomplished in the watercolor medium. From the late 20s Kloss' subject matter focused on the life of the Pueblo Indian, the landscape of New Mexico, the rites of the Penitente Brotherhood and related indigenous subjects. Kloss believed that her subject matter would direct the technique she used. Her preference for a concealed light source in a scene, for long, sinewy shadows, and her stop-action approach to figure drawing have become signature marks for her collectors. Among the many permanent collections which exhibit her work are the Metropolitan Museum, the Peabody Museum, the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Institute, the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Public Library, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Dallas Museum, and the Museum of New Mexico.

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Location: Chicago, Illinois

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