Evening in Navajo Land
Artist
Laura Gilpin
(American, 1891 - 1979)
Date1933
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (21.6 × 30.2 cm)
Support: 9 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (23.5 × 31.8 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Support: 9 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (23.5 × 31.8 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Jill Warren, 2015
Object number2015.11.2
DescriptionSilhouette of woman holding child around center of composition. Figures are alone in a Southwestern landscape, with a mesa visible in the distance at the left and a probably juniper in the middle ground at far right. Most of the picture is filled with dramatic cloud formations at sunset.Text Entries
Gilpin used the spelling “Navaho”
when referring to the Dine, which has been altered in this record to reflect
the current style of spelling it, “Navajo.”
The artist label associated with this piece suggests it was sold at a date much later than the making of the print or that it is a later print.
This
photograph was made during the Depression years when Gilpin was living in her
hometown of Colorado Springs and trying to support herself and her father. It
may have been part of a set of images she made about the contemporary Navajo
that was available for sale and rental for educational lectures. Gilpin later
lived on Navajo lands for many years and photographed the people extensively.
In 1968, she published a book of these images, “The Enduring Navajo.”
On View
Not on viewTerms
Steve Fitch
Negative 1983, print 2021