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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
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TUCSON ARIZONA |
Artist: Gene Kloss (1893-1996)
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"Noonday Shadows"
1941, Etching.
Edition: 75. Signed in pencil, Gene Kloss, lower right; titled, Noonday Shadows, lower left. No statement of edition size, a situation typical to early Kloss prints. Image: 7 x 8 3/8 inches (177 x 212 mm). Sheet: 9 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (235 x 276 mm). References: Kloss 1981:186 #376; Muckenthaler 1980:15 #40; Harwood 1994:23. Excellent condition. Good margins. Very nice early period print by Kloss. Printed on cream laid paper. Some minor spotting to back of print, otherwise in fine condition. Illustrated in the Harwood Foundation's Kloss exhibit in 1994 (page 23). Longtime resident of Taos, New Mexico, was well-know for her graphic interpretations Northern New Mexico. $3,250.00 |
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"Song of Creation"
1949, Drypoint.
Edition: Artist Proof of an edition of 75. Signed in pencil, Gene Kloss, lower right; artist proof annotation and title, Song of Creation, lower left. Image: 12 x 14 15/16 inches (304 x 379 mm). Sheet: 15 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (393 x 470 mm). References: Kloss 1981:80, 81, 187, #435; Muckenthaler 1980:16, 19, #60. Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on heavy white wove paper. Winner of the Henry B. Shope Prize, Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), 1951. Written on the back of the old mat was the following: A typical creation myth of primitive Indians in a ceremony given annually at Taos Pueblo Jan. 1, annually starting at dawn. Dancers tell about the little turtle that rose after, The Great Flood with mud on his back and made our earth. This is known at Taos as the Turtle Dance. $3,800.00 |
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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
P.O. Box 32374
Tucson, AZ 85751
Phone: 520.881.2528
Open by appointment only
Specializing in fine
prints and art on paper by graphic artists and printmakers Copyright © 2003-2011
of the American desert Southwest, primarily Arizona and New Mexico,
created before 1950.
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