Gene Kloss Etchings [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover]

Phillips Kloss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2000

Today the name Gene Kloss, NA, is synonymous with copperplate etchings and when this book was first published by Sunstone Press in the early 80s, it quickly became a collector's item. No wonder because her limited edition prints are now becoming priceless on the art market. This 20th anniversary edition, the sole complete source of information on this outstanding artist, contains 81 black and white reproductions on 192 pages and includes a text by Gene's husband, poet and noted author Phillips Kloss. When Gene and Phillips Kloss first arrived in Taos, New Mexico, her first etching press, a sixty-pound machine, was installed at their camp in Taos Canyon by cementing it to a large rock. That press was eventually replaced by a 1,084 pound Sturges etching press purchased from a defunct greeting card company. With the years and the continual dedication came honors, national and international. The Smithsonian, the National Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as many others, house the works of Gene Kloss in their permanent collections. From her spare life on the eastern edge of Taos with neither water nor electricity, but plenty of firewood, kerosene and inspiration, Gene Kloss informed the art world of the special beauty inherent in southwestern images: the churches, the Indian faces, the mountains and valleys, the dances and intricate rhythms of life in a part of the United States that remains essentially unchanged to this day.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Gene Kloss Etchings is the life work in book form of one of America's finest copper plate etchers who has captured for all time the inescapable yet vanishing beauty of American Indian customs, ceremonies and tribal life. Beginning with a chronology of the early 1920sthe etchings describe the places and people visited by Gene Kloss and her writer husband, Phillips, who supplies Gene Kloss Etchings with insights of a literary, social, and anthropological nature. Together the Klosses make Gene Kloss Etchings a true celebration of her many years as a major American artist and a valued contribution to Native American studies. The Kachina Dolls of Cecil Calnimptewa Theda Bassman Treasure Chest PO Box 5250, Tucson, AZ 85703-0250 0-918080-85-1 $70. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sunstone Press; 2nd anniversary edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865340080
• ISBN-13: 978-0865340084
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,574,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Moving images enhanced with brief yet thoughtful commentary, March 10, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gene Kloss Etchings (Hardcover)

Gene Kloss Etchings is a superbly presented and memorable collection of impressive black-and-white art pieces by Taos, New Mexico-based artist Gene Kloss showcasing the spirit of the southwest, -- especially its Native American cultural traditions. Moving images enhanced with brief yet thoughtful commentary by the artist's poet husband Phillips Kloss fill this pages of this spellbinding and enthusiastically recommended artbook from cover to cover.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gene Kloss is America's Rembrandt!, August 14, 2010

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James (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gene Kloss Etchings (Hardcover)

I discovered Gene Kloss' etchings while in the Santa Fe/ Taos area this summer. Her etchings of Western landscapes and Native Americans are so fine I would have no difficulty comparing them to Rembrandt's prints. Plus, some are still affordable. A two volume hard back limited edition (1000) raisonne' of Kloss' complete etchings has recently been compiled and published by A. Eugene Sanchez @ $198.00. It can be purchased through the Harwood Museum, Taos or The New Mexico Art Museum, Santa Fe. If you're at all interested, now is time to grab a copy. So, this Amazon book is now the second and older source about Gene and her fabulous prints.