Gene Kloss etching “Taos Valley Winter” [SOLD]

Gene Kloss is a New Mexico legend.  It is fortunate for us that she and her husband chose to visit Taos during their honeymoon and even more fortunate that they chose to stay there.  From the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, she produced her legacy of copper plate etchings.  Most of them are New Mexico scenes.  For a brief while, they moved to Colorado, where she made etchings of Colorado scenes, but allergies caused them to return to Taos, so the majority of her art focuses on New Mexico.

Kloss had brought with her on their honeymoon a small etching press and that, along with a larger etching press purchased in Taos, set her career.  She simplified her name to Gene Kloss and over the next 70 years, produced over 600 copper plate etchings.  She never worked from photographs but sketched directly at the scene of interest.  She produced what she wanted to paint or etch without regard for financial gain although she did do well in her career

This etching entitled "Taos Valley Winter" was issued in an edition of 75 and this is number 46 of the edition.  It is numbered in lower left and signed in lower right in her hand.  It is not dated.  The scene is that of several horses grazing on the small amount of tall grass in a snow-covered valley. The image is matted but not framed.

Condition:  original condition; unframed; shown above in a plastic sleeve with black borders (for protection). 

Provenance: from a resident of Iowa

Recommended Reading:  Gene Kloss Etchings with text by Phillips Kloss