Clouds at Sunset

1953

Gene Kloss

Associated Names
Gene Kloss

Artist, American, 1903 - 1996

Print Club of Albany

Publisher

The artwork shows a sky filled with clouds at sunset. The horizon is low, with a silhouette of distant hills and flat terrain stretching across the scene. The clouds are depicted with swirling brushstrokes. Rays of light pierce through gaps in the clouds. The color palette is monochromatic, focusing on varying shades of black, white, and gray, which enhances the contrast and depth of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and aquatint in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 × 35.24 cm (9 × 13 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 43.18 cm (11 × 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1814

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kloss 1981, no. 449

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1981

  • Kloss, Phillips. Gene Kloss Etchings. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1981, p. 187, no. 449.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Gene Kloss

Wikidata ID

Q65508534

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