Print of the Day!! Mon, Oct 17, 2022, is by Gene Kloss (1903-1996): "The Gift Dance of Taos Indians", drypoint, 1940, edition 50.
Print of the Day!! Monday, October 17, 2022, is by New Mexico woman printmaker Gene Kloss (1903-1996). Check out our digital exhibition being offered at OnPaper.art.
"The Gift Dance of Taos Indians" also called "Taos Indian Gift Dance" is an intaglio, a drypoint done in 1940. The platemark measures 10-15/16 x 13-15/16 inches. This impression is pencil signed and titled by the artist in the lower margin. It was printed by the artist in an edition of 50 on a sheet of cream wove paper that measures 12-5/8 x 16-1/2". A reference for this image is Sanchez/Kloss 368 and is illustrated on page 358. Our gallery reference for this work is 23119.
This scarce drypoint, "The Gift Dance of Taos Indians" by Taos, New Mexico printmaker Gene Kloss is available from the gallery for $4,500.00.
Kloss' raisonné by Eugene Sanchez has a section in volume I that offers "Descriptions of Native Dances", pages 263 - 265. The "Gift Dance" is described as "Throws, throw-aways, or giveaways, involving gifts of food, coins, and other items tossed to bystanders at some point during a dance, still flourish among the pueblos, as well as other Native American tribes."
The dancers and spectators are from the Tiwa Pueblo tribe that live at the Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico, based in a 95,000 acre reservation. To the right of the composition is the Red Willow Creek which flows from the mountains through the Pueblo. The Pueblo is over 1,000 years old and was in existence when the first Spanish arrived in 1540. It has remained little changed through the centuries. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States.
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California born Alice Geneva Glasier married writer Phillips Kloss and shortened her name, adopting the masculine form of her middle name, "Gene", so that her work would be viewed with an unprejudiced eye and entry into exhibitions would not be denied her. The Klosses moved permanently to Taos, New Mexico in 1945.
Gene and Phillips Kloss lived most of their lives in Taos and were an integral part of the community, attending many of the yearly dances and ceremonies, many of which she recorded in her prints.
This impression was from the collection of Darwine Bailey (1903-1997) who owned the Artist's Alley Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, purchased from the artist around 1957.
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