<p>Today the name Gene Kloss, NA, is synonymous with copperplate etchings and when this book was first published by Sunstone Press in the early 80s, it quickly became a collector's item. No wonder because her limited edition prints are now becoming priceless on the art market. This 20th anniversary edition, the sole complete source of information on this outstanding artist, contains 81 black and white reproductions on 192 pages and includes a text by Gene's husband, poet and noted author Phillips Kloss. When Gene and Phillips Kloss first arrived in Taos, New Mexico, her first etching press, a sixty-pound machine, was installed at their camp in Taos Canyon by cementing it to a large rock. That press was eventually replaced by a 1,084 pound Sturges etching press purchased from a defunct greeting card company. With the years and the continual dedication came honors, national and international. The Smithsonian, the National Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as many others, house the works of Gene Kloss in their permanent collections. From her spare life on the eastern edge of Taos with neither water nor electricity, but plenty of firewood, kerosene and inspiration, Gene Kloss informed the art world of the special beauty inherent in southwestern images: the churches, the Indian faces, the mountains and valleys, the dances and intricate rhythms of life in a part of the United States that remains essentially unchanged to this day.</p>

Gene Kloss Etchings

Arts & Photography

Phillips Kloss

History & Criticism

Sunstone Press

The legends of the American Southwestern world, along with man's relationship and reactions to his natural habitat and to his universe are set into this compelling poetry of Phillips Kloss. Kloss considered this volume to be ''a religious essence of his country and his humanity with the kiva theme, the man theme and the verbality theme consistent throughout.''

The Great Kiva, A Poetic Critique of Religion

Literature & Fiction

United States

Aptly named, this book of poetry is filled with strength and clarity of vision. Here are poems about individuals who have in their own way influenced the life and times of the American Southwest and West. These candid and truthful word portraits are a testimony to the poet-philosopher's sensitive response to people and places. Mr. Kloss share with readers his unique gifts of insight and concern. Phillips Kloss was born in Webster Groves, Missouri in 1902. He moved to New Mexico in 1916 where he worked on his brother's ranch, later graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1925. Once a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin, he married the artist/etcher Alice Geneva Glasier (Gene Kloss) and moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1927. He is also the author of North Star, Rainbow Obsidian, The Great Kiva, and The Taos Crescent, all from Sunstone Press.

The Stronghold, Poems

Poetry

<p>In this collection of poetry and prose, Phillips Koss portrays Taos, New Mexico, in light of its land and inhabitants. From the geology of mountain and desert to the wry quirks of human nature, Kloss is vivid in his accounts of this northern New Mexico hideaway. His reminiscences of the rural communities of the Taos valley are sharp and focused. His portraits of the Taos artists are sharper still.</p>

The Taos Crescent, Poems

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Books by Phillips Kloss

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Gene Kloss Etchings

The Great Kiva, A Poetic Critique of Religion

The Stronghold, Poems

The Taos Crescent, Poems