Cottonwoods, El Paso Valley

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

May 1947
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.
Mount: 20 x 16 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
c.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin \ 1946
l.l. to l.c. in graphite: COTTONWOODS - EL PASO VALLEY
l.r. typed on paper label: Again a modern highway touches the ancient Camino Real, as it tra-\ verses the beautiful valley for eighty miles below El Paso, passing beneath \ a shady arch of cottonwoods for much of that distance.
Mount, Verso:
u.l. in ink: #95 \ Cotton Woods \ El Paso - Juarez Valley
u.l. in ink: The Border \ part I
u.c. [stamp]: LAURA GILPIN \ BOX 1173, SANTE FE, NEW MEXICO \ [in ink]: Rio Grande
Collection Name

Laura Gilpin Collection
Credit Line

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

P1979.134.107
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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