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Artist: Gene Kloss (1893-1996)
Title: Song of Creation.
Date: 1949
Media: Drypoint
Edition size: Artist Proof (stated) of an edition of 75.
Signed in pencil, Gene Kloss lower right; artist proof annotation and title, lower left.
Dimensions: Image: 12 x 14 15/16 inches (304 x 379 mm). Sheet: 15 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (393 x 470 mm).
Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on heavy white wove paper. Winner of the Henry B. Shope Prize, Society of American Graphic Artists SAGA), 1951. Written on the back of the old mat was the following: A typical creation myth of primitive Indians in a ceremony given annually at Taos Pueblo Jan. 1, annually starting at dawn. Dancers tell about the little turtle that arose after, The Great Flood with mud on his back and made our earth. This is known at Taos as the Turtle Dance.
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