A black-and-white photograph of an abandoned, crumbling rock city built into the side of a desert cliff.

"The City of the Dead," Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

Sep. 1925, printed after 1925
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Mount: 14 x 11 in.
Inscriptions

Print, Recto:
l.r. signed in ink: Laura Gilpin ©
Mount, Recto:
l.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin
Mount, Verso:
u.c. on paper label: [printed]: A : PHOTOGRAPH \ BY : LAURA : GILPIN \ TITLE [typed]: "The City of the Dead" \ Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde. [printed]: PRINT No. \ [typed]: Copyright. \ [printed]: COLORADO : SPRINGS : COLORADO
Collection Name

Laura Gilpin Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist
Accession Number

P1979.125.125
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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