Artist:

Laura Gilpin, born Colorado Springs, CO 1891-died Santa Fe, NM 1979  Search this

Medium:

platinum print

Dimensions:

sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (30.2 x 24.5 cm.)

Type:

Photography-Photoprint

Date:

ca. 1926

Exhibition Label:

Colorado native Laura Gilpin made photographs of Navaho and Pueblo Indians and many of the most spectacular sites in the Southwest, including archeological ruins. In her view of Colorado’s Pikes Peak, she pictured a landscape that increasingly faced modern-day intrusions: three airplanes in the sky, the town, and the newly built military airbase of Colorado Springs, below. Employing delicate platinum tones and a flat plane of focus, Gilpin created a dreamlike landscape.

A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013

Topic:

Architecture\vehicle\airplane  Search this

Landscape\Colorado\Colorado Springs  Search this

Landscape\mountain\Pikes Peak  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

Object number:

1997.98

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7bc17b07a-6255-427d-bc3a-96e547110b6e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1997.98