Laura Gilpin
Navaho Shepherd Boy

Navaho Shepherd Boy

© 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Navaho Shepherd Boy
Navaho Shepherd Boy
ArtistAmerican, 1891–1979
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Navaho Shepherd Boy
Date1950
PlaceSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 13 9/16 in. (26.8 × 34.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 14 in. (28.4 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard Greenberg
Object number2001.784
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceHoward Greenberg, Irvington, New York; given to MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in ink " 162 / Navaho Shepherd / from forthcoming book / The Navaho / Denizens of the Desert "
various other pencil inscriptions indicating measurements and cropping with the phrase " No Rules "
lower center in pencil " PF38558H "
center in blue pencil reading vertically " E91 "
verso upper left in pencil " Laura Gilpin "

verso upper center a blue stamp[upside down] " LAURA GILPIN / Box 1173, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO "
verso left edge a stamp " U.S.CAMERA NO 11 "

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