Shiprock from the North Rim of Mesa Verde
Photograph
Shiprock from the North Rim of Mesa Verde
1926
Platinum print
Image: 4 7/16 × 6 1/4 in. (11.3 × 15.8 cm)
Mount: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Matted: 13 7/8 × 18 1/16 in. (35.3 × 45.9 cm)
Purchase
1973.0003.0001
Inscriptions Signed and dated in pencil on mount, BR: Laura Gilpin \ 1926
Printed in ink on mount verso, TC: [LG monogram] A PHOTOGRAPH BY \ LAURA GILPIN \ SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO \ A PLATINUM PRINT \ SHIPROCK FROM THE NORTH \ RIM OF MESA VERDE. 1926
Typed in ink on mount verso, TC: Original negative 5x7 plate. Old French \ telephoto lens. The rock was 40 miles \ away.
Printed in ink on mount verso, TC: [LG monogram] A PHOTOGRAPH BY \ LAURA GILPIN \ SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO \ A PLATINUM PRINT \ SHIPROCK FROM THE NORTH \ RIM OF MESA VERDE. 1926
Typed in ink on mount verso, TC: Original negative 5x7 plate. Old French \ telephoto lens. The rock was 40 miles \ away.
TextLaura Gilpin used photography to show her reverence for the landscape and people of the American West. After studying at the Clarence White School in New York City, she spent most of her career living in Colorado Springs. The soft focus in this print reflects the pictorial influence of Clarence White, though Gilpin’s later works would shift to a straightforward photographic approach. Along with the work of Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, Gilpin’s landscapes indicate the role the American West played in shaping American photographic modernism.