Artist
Laura Gilpin (American, 1891–1979)American, 1891–1979
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sunrise, Bryce Canyon, No. 2
Date1930
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24 × 19 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (24.8 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (24.8 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1171
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
One of the great photographers of the American Southwest, Laura Gilpin photographed the region’s distinctive landscape and native peoples with skill and sensitivity. In 1930, while driving to the Grand Canyon with her life partner, Betsy Forster, Gilpin stopped to photograph Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. As in much of her work, Gilpin chose to print this image with platinum, a process that lends a soft warmth and tonal subtly to Bryce Canyon’s delicate rock spires.
Provenance[Sotheby’s, New York, May 7, 1984]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, May 7, 1984; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"American Vision: Photographers from the West, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-February 1, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso, lower left: Laura Gilpin 1930
Signed in pencil, verso, lower left: Laura Gilpin 1930
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Laura Gilpin
1932, printed c. 1932
Gelatin silver print
2024.602
