High in the Rockies

1968

Gene Kloss

Associated Names
Gene Kloss

Artist, American, 1903 - 1996

The image shows a landscape with a mountain range in the background. The viewpoint is from below looking up at the towering, snow-capped peaks. The peaks create a stark silhouette against the sky. The artwork is detailed, with linear brushstrokes used to depict trees and shrubs. The color scheme is monochrome, with various shades of black and white highlighting the contrast between snow-covered areas and darker rock formations and vegetation. The scene features bare trees and bushes with snow-covered plains leading towards the mountains in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.24 × 45.4 cm (9 15/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.5 × 52.55 cm (13 3/16 × 20 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2843

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kloss 1981, no. 524

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Taos, New Mexico; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Gene Kloss: Images of the American Southwest, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988-1989

Bibliography

1981

  • Kloss, Phillips. Gene Kloss Etchings. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1981, pp. 16-17, 189, no. 524.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1/75 High in the Rockies; lower right in graphite: Gene Kloss imp; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 1968

Watermarks

RIVES

Wikidata ID

Q77008980

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