Gene Kloss - Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art

Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art - Gene Kloss

Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art

TUCSON

ARIZONA


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Artist: Gene Kloss (1893-1996)

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"The Adobe Makers" circa 1980s, Etching and Drypoint.

Edition: Artist Proof of an edition of 50. Signed in pencil, Gene Kloss, lower right; titled, The Adobe Makers, lower left.

Image: 5 x 9 7/8 inches (127 x 238 mm). Sheet: 10 x 14 inches (254 x 355 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. A fine, fresh impression on white wove rag paper.

SOLD

"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).

$3250.00

"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
     arose after, The Great Flood with mud on his back and made our earth. This is known
     at Taos as the Turtle Dance.

$3800.00

"Taos Pueblo Stream" circa 1980s, Etching and Drypoint.

Edition: Artist Proof. Signed in pencil, Gene Kloss, lower right; artist proof annotation and title, Taos Pueblo Stream, lower left.

Image: 7 1/2 x 9 inches (190 x 228 mm). Sheet: 10 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (267 x 328 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on white wove paper.

SOLD

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