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Rare Mesa Verde print by Gene Kloss - drypoint and aquatint

Rare Mesa Verde print by Gene Kloss - drypoint and aquatint


Drypoint and aquatint. Signed lower right, titled lower left. Ref: #23163


Drypoint; Ref: #20676

This is a rare uncatalogued early Kloss. Full margins, great impression, minor tape residue verso.

Drypoint. Ref: #22074

Drypoint and aquatint; Ref: #23000

Excellent etching and drypoint by Gene Kloss

Drypoint, roulette, and aquatint. Ref: #22060

Etching, drypoint, and aquatint; Ref: #22882

Small edition , pencil signed and titled marked II, full margins, excellent condition, framed.

Comanche Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo (New Mexico). Etching and drypoint, artist's proof from an edition of 50 prints. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 22 ¼ x 18 ½ x ½ inches. Image size is 11 ¾ x 14 ½ inches. Reference: 18718


Framed, beautiful, clean print. Back sealed, not examined out of frame.

The etching (drypoint engraving and aquatint) is signed"Gene Kloss NA" at viewer's lower right margin in graphite. It is an Artist's Proof, (regular edition is 50) with catalogue raisonne: #559 Plate size 10 3/4" height X 13 3/4" width Frame size: 19 1/4" height X 22" width

A very good, well-inked impression of this scarce print with full margins.
Abstract depiction of riders passing on horseback shadowy moonlight--and ghost-like trees . Riders wearing the sheet-like wraps typical o of the old Taos Pueblo --A compelling and dreamlike atmosphere lit by moonlight behind passings clouds. An exceptionally evocative image

A 30/50 copper plate etching of a Taos Pueblo dance scene. From a private family collection, framed, and in excellent condition.


Etching is accompanied by a book by artist's husband on Gene Kloss' prints. Print is in excellent condition matted with single archival window mat.


Drypoint and aquatint. Signed lower right, titled lower left. Ref: #23164
Possibly Kloss's best known and most sought-after image. Spectacular workmanship and manipulation of the medium; a stunning aquatint, excellent condition. Without question one of the treasures of 20th C. American printmaking.
Etching by Gene Kloss, very good condition. conservation matted. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This on is numbered 62 of 75. A very rich image of this work.



Faint light staining overall. Archival mat and mounting. Frame size is 17 1/2" X 21 1/2". Plate created in 1965, this impression printed in 1972 or later, due to addition of N.A. after Kloss' name.

Etching with drypoint, signed in pencil by the artist and titled, "Red Mountain Relic" and numbered 27 in an edition of 50 engravings. Red Mountain is located between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado. Refer to: "Gene Kloss: An American Printmaker, A Raisonné" by Eugene Sanchez, 2009. No. 603.

The front of the famous Saint Francis de Assisi Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Very good condition.