We're Behind You, Son

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Date

1942-1943, printed 1943
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.
Mount: 15 x 12 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, Recto:
l.l. in graphite: Publicity \ [erased]
l.r. in graphite: This is actual - Idea mother envisions \ son in wing as she works\ caption "We're behind you - Son"
Mount, Verso:
u.l. in graphite: #34 \ B29 \ Wing Riveter \ Special Assignment
c. on paper label: [printed]: A PHOTOGRAPH BY \ LAURA GILPIN \ SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO \ [typed]: 1943 \ AT THE BOEING AIRPLANE FACTORY IN WICHITA, \ KANSAS, WHERE I WAS PUBLIC RELATIONS PHOYO- \ GRAPHER, [sic] I WAS ASKED TO MAKE A PICTURE OF \ A WOMAN RIVETER ENVISIONING HER SON AS SHE \ WORKED. I BORROWED A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER \ SON FROM WHICH I MADE LANTERN SLIDE [sic]. THEN \ BY LIGHTING THE WOMAN IN SUCH A WAY THAT \ IT PUT HER SHADOW ON THE PLANE WING, I \ PROJECTED THE LANTERN SLIDE INTO THIS \ SHADOW SO THAT I COULD SEE THE RIVETS AND \ TEXTURE OF THE PLANE WING. THIS IS A \ STRAIGHT PRINT FROM THE ORIGINAL 8x10 NEGATIVE \ Laura Gilpin
l.r. in graphite: 8-31
Collection Name

Laura Gilpin Collection
Credit Line

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

P1979.121.58
Copyright

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Location: Off view

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