Selected pieces are in rotation as part of a permanent exhibit in the 2nd Floor Foyer. The display is identified as a permanent exhibit, with selected pieces in rotation.
Gene Kloss began painting and producing intaglio prints in the Taos area in the mid-1920s and continued working through the mid-1980s.
With almost 800 items represented, the collection includes prints, paintings, watercolors, drawings, original plates and her printmaking tools.
During her lifetime, Kloss etched more than 627 copper plates and used a wide range of printmaking methods, including etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette and soft ground. The evidence also describes many experimental printmaking approaches and says that Kloss believed subject matter dictated technique. She pulled every print in every edition herself.
Kloss was elected in 1972 as one of 25 graphic artists recognized as full members of the National Academy of Design.
