Gene Kloss "Serenity" Etching. Pencil signed and titled. 1930. Edition of 75. Listed in the Catalog Raisonne as "Aquatint etching." Gene Kloss was born Alice Geneva Glasier in Oakland, California, graduated from Berkeley in 1924. Her instructor, Perham Nahl, was astonished by her first print, and predicted that she would be an etcher. She continued to study at the San Francisco School of Fine Arts, and in 1925, married Phillips Kloss, a writer. She changed her name, for simplicity, and because she believed that a less feminine name would serve her better in the art world. Kloss worked predominantly in three media etching, oil, and watercolor but is best known for her prints of New Mexico subjects. Her etchings demonstrate an imaginative command over the process. The prints display a power and simplicity that make sensitive use of bold, black areas. Frequently there is a minimum of middle tones while rather generous but strategically placed areas of white represent New Mexico light. Despite their relatively small size, Kloss's landscape etchings capture quite convincingly the feeling of vast space associated with New Mexico's northern mountains. Overall Size: 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sight Size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. #1349 Location KB4