The First Trickle Comes from a Perpetual Snowbank

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

Aug. 1946
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.
Mount: 20 x 16 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
l.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin \ 1946
l.l. to l.r. in graphite: THE FIRST TRICKLE COMES FROM A PERPETUAL SNOWBANK
l.r. typed on blue paper: The first trickle of water which becomes the Rio Grande seeps from \ beneath a perpetual snowbank and is joined by the flow from nearby springs.
Mount, Verso:
u.l. in ink: #23
u.l. [stamp]: LAURA GILPIN \ BOX 1173, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
u.l. in ink: #3 - The First Trickle of the River.
u.c. in ink: Rio Grande \ The Source \ part I
Collection Name

Laura Gilpin Collection
Credit Line

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

P1979.134.95
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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