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Friendship Dance

1953

Gene Kloss

Associated Names

Gene Kloss

Artist, American, 1903 - 1996

Society of American Graphic Artists

Publisher

The image shows a group of dancers performing in traditional attire in front of a seated audience. The dancers are energetically moving, while the audience watches attentively. The drawing conveys the dynamic nature of the performance through blurred lines and shading, and suggests a cultural or ceremonial setting.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint in black
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

plate: 22.86 × 30.48 cm (9 × 12 in.)
Accession Number

1964.8.1815
Catalogue Raisonné

Kloss 1981, no. 450

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1981

Kloss, Phillips. Gene Kloss Etchings. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1981, p. 187, no. 450.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Gene Kloss

Wikidata ID

Q65508535

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