The Rio Grande Nears El Paso Del Norte

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

Nov. 1945, printed 1945
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.
Mount: 20 x 16 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
c.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin \ 1945
l.l. to l.r. in graphite: THE RIO GRANDE NEARS EL PASO DEL NORTE
l.r. typed on blue paper label: The Rio Grande as it nears El Paso and in regions where floods have \ repeatedly changed its course, the first evidence is seen of the dykes that \ have been built to keep the river within the present bounds.
Mount, Verso:
u.l. in ink: # 89 \ The Rio Grande nears El Paso
u.l. in ink: Midstream \ part IV
u.c. [stamp]: LAURA GILPIN \ BOX 1173, SANTA 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

P1979.134.102
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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