Prints & Photography Auction

September 29October 04, 2018
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LOT 50

Lot 50

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
Lot 50 Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952), American

FROM “THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN” (FOUR PORTRAITS): THE SIOUX; THE LOOKOUT - APSAROKE; ASSINIBOIN BOWMAN; THE FORD - APACHE

Four photogravures in sepia tone on Van Gelder blindstamped paper with deckled edges; each with titles in the plate lower left margin and with the photographer's copyright with its date: “From Copyright Photograph by E.S. Curtis" in the plate below the image in the centre margin.

The first from Volume 3: The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin; the second from Volume 4: The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa; the third from Volume 18: The Chipewyan. The Western woods Cree. The Sarsi; the fourth from Volume 1: The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho.



Sheets/Approximately 11" x 13" — 27.9 x 33 cm.

Estimate $1,200-$1,600

Realised: $480
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
  • EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto

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