Laura Gilpin

platinum print, the photographer's copyright in pencil on the image, her Colorado Springs studio stamp on the reverse, mounted along the upper edge to a paper mount, signed in pencil on the mount, her studio label, with typed title and print number, on the reverse, in her studio wrappers, mid-1920s (In Celebration, pl. 336, this print)

Sotheby's New York, 10 November 1986, Sale 5510, Lot 132

The Art Museum, Princeton University, In Celebration: Works of Art from the Collection of Princeton and Friends of the Art Museum, February - June 1997

This early, slightly warm-toned print, on matte surface, medium-weight paper, is in generally excellent condition. Visible upon close examination are a few tiny deposits of original retouching. In the upper right corner of the image, there is a 1- by ½-inch area that is slightly darker than the greater portion of sky; this appears to be in the negative and not a defect in the print. On the reverse of the print, there are a few light rust-colored stray marks. On the left edge of the mount, there is a small grey-colored fingerprint. The green paper wrapper is crisp and clean, and the object quality of the whole - the print, the mount, and the wrapper - is unusually fine.
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