Laura Gilpin by Sandweiss Martha A - 1986: An Enduring Grace

Brand: Amon Carter Museum, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Amon Carter Museum, 1986-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.8000 12.5000 10.0000.

Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1986. Hardcover. VG+, ex-library bookplate,. Beige cloth, with illustrated DJ. 339 pp. Profuse bw plates a few color. Published to accompany an exhibition held Jan. 24 to Apr. 13, 1986, 5 other dates.

Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.: Amon Carter Museum, 1986. Very clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

Amon Carter Museum, 1986. Hardcover. vg+. Folio. 339pp Tan cloth. Lacking dust jacket. Embossed stamp of previous owner on front free endpaper. Nice copy.

E-085. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1986. 336 pgs. Illustrated with tritone photographs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) was a perfectionistic photographer. She would make several trips to capture a particular quality of sunlight on a mesa or a Navaho woman's face. Though she did not set out to document the Navahos' and Pueblos' endangered way of life, her sometimes romantic pictures of the American Southwest, its peoples and landscapes, form an enduring record of Indian culture, reflecting Native Americans' strong family ties and spiritual oneness with the land. Her photographs' formal perfection and deeply moving impact come through in… Read More

Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1986. Assumed First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 10" x 12 3/4. 339 Pages Indexed. Dust jacket has some light wear around the edges and a couple of tape repairs. Laura Gilpin: An Enduring Grace by Martha A. Sandweiss is the first book devoted to the life and work of one of America's fmest photographers. Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) photographed the American Southwest for more than sixty years, creating an extraordinary document of the land and its people. She is best known for her photographs of the Pueblo and Navajo Indians that constitute a major contribution to the documentation of Southwestern Indian life, bridging the gap between the studied sentimentality of earlier Indian photography and the objective documentation of later work. Gilpin's photographic career began at the Clarence H. White School in New York in 1916 and continued when she returned home to Colorado Springs in 1918 to begin a professional career. She… Read More

Amon Carter Museum, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth. Folio, 339 pages, 126 plates. Beautifully printed book. Very good copy with lightly soiled, sunned spine dustjacket.

No Dust Jacket New in publisher's shrink wrap (photo). Blemish - This copy appears to have been shelf-stored for a prolonged time with light exposure. There is a uniform toning band on the book's spine, along with a partial band across the top 2" of the front board. Book condition and competitive price downgraded accordingly. The remainder of the issue is new condition in every respect. Adapted from Wikipedia: This compilation is a selection of Laura Gilpin's photographs of the American Southwest and a discussion of her artistic career 7 years after her death in November, 1979. Her specialty was images of Native Americans, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo, in their native settings. This is the last among several previous publications honoring Ms. Gilpin's artistry. Gilpin began taking photographs as a child in Colorado and formally studied photography in New York from 1916 to 1917 before returning to her home in Colorado to continue her career as a professional photographer.

Amon Carter Museum: , 1986. 339 pages, 167 illustrationsk including 12 stunning tritone reproductions and 7 full page color plates. This "is the first book devoted to the life and work of one of America's finest photographers. Laura Gilpin (1891 - 1979 photographed the American Southwest for more than sixty years, creating extraordinary document of the land its people." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.