Bidspirit auction | Gene (Geneva) Kloss (1903-1996)

Gene (Geneva) Kloss (1903-1996) - GENE KLOSS (1903-1996) PENCIL SIGNED DRYPOINT. Gene (Geneva) Kloss (1903-1996) Comanche Dance at San Ildefonso 1983 The scarce drypoint, numbered 5 from an edition of only 50 prints, is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. Unframed. This image provides a visual record of the Feast Day celebration of peace performed annually by Tewa members of the San Ildefonso Pueblo. Gene Kloss was introduced to the art of etching by complete serendipity. At the end of her last semester at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, her teacher of anatomy and life class, Perham Nals, offered his students a 'seminar' on his personal passion of etching. In an oral interview with the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Gene Kloss remarked ' I had seen in his back office this big old, hundred-year-old Star Wheel press and it fascinated me and the work I had seen him do.' With Nals' assistance Kloss produced her first etching, to which he remarked 'If this is your first etching, you are going to be an etcher.' The rest is art history. Gene Kloss would go on to etch more than 600 plates. Image measures 11 x 13.75, sheet is 14.5 x 18 inches. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house. Dimensions Image measures 11 x 13.75, sheet is 14.5 x 18 inches. Condition Very good condition, noting tow small tabs of paper tape upper left and right corner of the sheet, apparently the full untrimmed sheet clean white, not laid down, no damage, stain, punctures, tears or repair.