Amon Carter print details

The Rio Grande Yields its Surplus to the Sea

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Object Details

  • Date

    Feb. 1947, printed ca. 1947

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.
    Mount: 8 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount, Recto:

    u.r. in graphite: 69-2

    Mount, Verso:

    u.l. in ink: please return to \ Laura Gilpin \ P.O. Box 1173 \ Santa Fe, N.M.

    u.c. on paper label: [printed]: A PHOTOGRAPH \ By LAURA GILPIN \ COLORADO SPRINGS . COLORADO \ TITLE: [typed]: THE RIO GRANDE YIELDS ITS SURPLUS \ TO THE SEA. \ [in ink]: from the forthcoming book, \ [typed]: Illustrated for [crossed out in ink] FOLLOW THE RIO \ GRANDE, [in ink]: by permission of the publishers \ [typed]: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc. Pub. [Inc. Pub. crossed out in ink]

    c.l. to c.r. in graphite: <----- 6" bleed ------->

    c. to l.c. in ink: Credit MUST be given as follows: \ from the forthcoming book \ FOLLOW THE RIO GRANDE \ by Laura Gilpin \ by permission of Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Inc., publishers

  • Collection Name

    Laura Gilpin Collection

  • Credit Line

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

  • Accession Number

    P1979.134.317

  • Copyright

    © 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

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