# Laura Gilpin artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-30T13:41:30.000Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1891-04-22
- Death date: 1979-11-30
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Pictorialism
- Common media: photography

## About Laura Gilpin

Laura Gilpin (1891–1979) was an American photographer whose career spanned more than six decades, bridging the pictorialist tradition and the emergence of modernist photography. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Gilpin studied photography between 1916 and 1918 and went on to build a body of work recognized for its technical mastery in platinum and palladium printing. She is documented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names, and the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), as well as the Library of Congress authority files. Gilpin's contributions are frequently discussed alongside the broader history of American women photographers and the transition from Pictorialism into modernist practice. Her photographs appear regularly at auction, and collectors most often encounter her work in the photographs category.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter gelatin silver prints, platinum prints, and palladium prints by Laura Gilpin. Her work includes landscape, portrait, and documentary subjects. Individual prints, portfolio sets, and published photobooks all appear in auction and appraisal contexts. Attribution and dating should be verified against catalogue or estate records when possible.

## Market and appraisal context

Laura Gilpin's photographs appear on the secondary market under the Photographs category. Value depends on print process, with platinum and palladium prints typically commanding stronger results than later gelatin silver prints. Other factors include date of the print, image subject, print condition, provenance, and whether the work is signed or annotated. Editioning practices vary across her output. Comparable public auction records should be consulted for current market guidance, as broad price trends are not reliably derived from identity sources alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum, library-authority, and institutional sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Laura Gilpin, this page draws on the Getty ULAN, VIAF, RKD, Wikidata, and MoMA artist records.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9020833
- RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History): https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/375964
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File): https://viaf.org/viaf/100301374/
- Getty Research Institute: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500021305
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81107953
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/2163
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Gilpin