Penitente Fires

1939

Gene Kloss

Associated Names
Gene Kloss

Artist, American, 1903 - 1996

The image depicts a night scene with a dark mountain silhouette against the sky. Plumes rise from the mountains. Smooth brushstrokes create a hazy effect. Dark figures cast shadows on a path leading to a lit wall. The color palette is primarily gray and black. The scene conveys tranquility and intrigue through light and shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.78 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.66 × 43.18 cm (13 1/4 × 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2834

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kloss 1981, no. 359

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. 30-31, 185, no. 359.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Penitente Fires Ed 50; lower right in graphite: Gene Kloss; lower left corner in graphite: 7; lower right corner in graphite: 1939 Ed. 50

Watermarks

J WHATMAN

Wikidata ID

Q77012141

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