Gene Kloss
(1903 - 1996)
Carding Wool the Old Spanish Way, 1985
etching, drypoint, edition 34 of 50
signed lower right: Gene KLoss
editioned and titled lower left: 34/50 Carding Wool the Old Spanish Way

includes handwritten note from Kloss: "Posed for me in the 1930's by a friend and her daughter. / She told me her grandmother had taught her the whole process of weaving / that had been brought over from Spain + practiced right here in Taos in early days"
6 x 8 in. (15.24 x 20.32 cm.), Matte: 20 x 16 in. (50.80 x 40.64 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico

Literature:
A. Eugene Sanchez, Gene Kloss: An American Printmaker, A Raisonné, Taos, 2009, Vol. II, p. 208, No. 626.

The print is in overall excellent condition. Hinged to support matting at upper left and right corners. Please note the work is not framed.

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