Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs

Laura Gilpin, Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs, ca. 1926, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, 1997.98
Laura Gilpin, Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs, ca. 1926, platinum print, sheet: 11 7⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (30.2 x 24.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, 1997.98

Artwork Details

Title
Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs
Artist
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 11 7⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (30.2 x 24.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Mediums Description
platinum print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — vehicle — airplane
  • Landscape — Colorado — Colorado Springs
  • Landscape — mountain — Pikes Peak
Object Number
1997.98
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.98

Artwork Description

Colorado native Laura Gilpin made photographs of Navaho and Pueblo Indians and many of the most spectacular sites in the Southwest, including archeological ruins. In her view of Colorado’s Pikes Peak, she pictured a landscape that increasingly faced modern-day intrusions: three airplanes in the sky, the town, and the newly built military airbase of Colorado Springs, below. Employing delicate platinum tones and a flat plane of focus, Gilpin created a dreamlike landscape.


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Works by this artist (3 items)

Laura Gilpin, Sunburst, The Castillo, Chichen Itza, 1932, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.2
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Date1932
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Navaho Summer Hogan
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Dateca. 1934
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Laura Gilpin, Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs, ca. 1926, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, 1997.98
Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs
Artist
Dateca. 1926
platinum print
Not on view

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