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Sunlit Cove

1930

Gene Kloss

(American, 1903–1996)
Culture
America
Medium
etching
Measurements
Sheet: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Gwen Fate and Kevin Henegar 2023.35
Edition
edition 75
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Cypress trees and a rocky shoreline characterize California’s Big Sur region, the likely subject of this print.

Description

A native of California, Gene Kloss lived between Taos, New Mexico, and the Bay Area, making landscapes of both regions. Technically innovative, she developed a technique of painting on an etching plate with brushes and pencils to create subtle tones and gradations of dark in works such as this, featuring the California coast.
A vertically oriented etching depicts a coastal landscape. Two tall, gnarled trees with dark, hatched trunks dominate the left foreground. To the right, jagged rock formations frame a narrow inlet winding toward a flat horizon. Fine hatching and cross-hatching create deep shadows and bright highlights, indicating light from the right. Wispy, horizontal lines suggest thin clouds. The title "Sunlit Cove" and signature "Gene Kloss" are written in the lower margin.

Sunlit Cove

1930

Gene Kloss

(American, 1903–1996)
America

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