A Navaho Hogan

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

Feb. 1953, printed 1953
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 9 15/16 x 13 3/4 in.
Mount: 19 9/16 x 16 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
l.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin \ 1953
Mount, Verso:
u.l. in ink: A Navaho Hogan
u.l. [stamp]: LAURA GILPIN \ BOX 1173, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
u.c. on blue paper label: No. [in graphite]: 30. \ [typed]: The Navaho Hogan so blends with the landscape that from a distance \ it is almost invisible/ \ [in ink]: 1953
Collection Name

Laura Gilpin Collection
Credit Line

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

P1979.128.297
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

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