To a Wedding in North House

Gene Kloss

To a Wedding in North House, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Kloss etching
  • Kloss Wedding in North House
Savvy Price $2,900.00
Gallery Price $5,000.00
Title
To a Wedding in North House
Artist
Gene Kloss
Medium
Etching, Aquatint and Drypoint Engraving
Edition
42/ 50
Catalogue raisonne
#551
Plate size
11 7/8" height X 14 3/4" width
Paper size
15 1/3" height X 19 1/2" width
Signed
"Gene Kloss" in graphite at viewer's lower right margin
Date of creation
1973
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
Bru Lie
About The To a Wedding in North House

Can't you sense the attendees eagerly rushing to attend this wedding ?

About Gene Kloss

In 1903 in Oakland, California, Alice Geneva Glasier, known today by her pen name Gene Kloss, was born. A lover of New Mexico, Kloss is remembered not only for her etchings and paintings but her continual fight to break gender boundaries -- Kloss being the only female National Academician in graphics in 1972. 

Kloss's intellect was made readily apparent shortly after launching her career. Of Kloss, Art News wrote, "Gene Kloss is one of our most sensitive and sympathetic interpreters of the Southwest." In 1924, she received her BA from the University of California. Following her graduation, she married poet Phillips Kloss and later studied at the California School of Fine Arts (1924-1925). By 1929, she and her husband had become permanent residents of Taos.

In 1938 Gene Kloss' work was exhibited in Paris as a leading New Mexican artist alongside Blumenschein, O'Keeffe and Sloan. She was best known for her New Mexico landscapes and genre scenes illustrating activities in the lives of Pueblo Indians.

Unafraid of experimentation, Kloss went on to develop her own etching technique. The technique, wherein acid is painted atop an etching plate, brings out a broader spectrum of color tones. To garner respect for her work and techniques, Kloss used "Gene" -- the maculine form of Geneva --  when signing her artwork, seeking to avoid prejudices of gender.

By the end of her 70 years working as an artist, Kloss completed more than 600 works. Her work has been exhibited in such collections as The Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. Newly published is a two volume catalogue raisonne delineating each of Kloss's prints with accompanying photographs.  (1903-1996)

Other Works By Gene Kloss:
  • In Ranchos de Taos, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Quoth the Raven, Nevermore, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Chance  Encounter, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Village in the Snow State 1, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Winter Sunrise, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • All Soul's Day Offerings, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Tres Orejas, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Winter Woods, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Riders at Sundown, Prints by Gene Kloss
  • Winter Peace, Paintings by Gene Kloss
  • San Felipe Buffalo Dancers, Prints by Gene Kloss
Cultures

USA, Women Artists

Medium

Prints

Subject

Architecture

Keywords

Gene Kloss, Kloss etching, Kloss Wedding in North House