Studio of Boardman Robinson, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Laura Gilpin, American, 1891 - 1979
1939
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (26.7 × 34 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the family of Lois Emma Wheeler (1904-1982) in her memory
2012.83
Geography
Place Imaged: Colorado Springs, United States
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated on mount, below image, lower left: Laura Gilpin / 1939; typed gum label on reverse of mount: STUDIO OF BOARDMAN ROBINSON. / PHOTOGRAPH BY / LAURA GILPIN / SANTA FE. NEW MEXICO / Made at THE COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER / 1939. / Original negative 8 x 10; printed label on reverse of mount with typed and handwritten information [underlined text that follows]: PHOTOGRAHY COLLECTION / of the / POLAROID CORPORATION / CAMBRIDGE 39, Mass. / Title Studio of Boardman Robinson / Colorado Springs, Colorado / Photographer LAURA GILPIN / Process projection print / Acquired May 19 57 No. 42 / This print is the property of the Polaroid Corporation, / and must not / be reproduced in any fashion without the / consent of the Poloroid Corporation and the Photographer.
Provenance
Acquired by the Polaroid Corporation in May, 1957; Sotheby’s , New York, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, sale no. 8649, June 21, 2010, lot no. 434 [together with another Gilpin photograph]; sold to Don Nunes (Class of 1970), South Acworth, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2012.
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