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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)

Chief Garfield, Jicarilla, 1904 and Bread, Apsaroke, 1908

    Price Realised USD 5,040
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    EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)

    Chief Garfield, Jicarilla, 1904 and Bread, Apsaroke, 1908

    Price Realised USD 5,040
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    Price Realised USD 5,040
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    EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)

    Chief Garfield, Jicarilla, 1904 and Bread, Apsaroke, 1908
    two photogravures
    each print with photographer's copyright credit, title, date and printer’s credit in letterpress, Chief Garfield numbered ‘plate 21’ and Bread, Apsaroke numbered ‘plate 121’ and ‘X2706-08’ in letterpress (margins and image)
    each image approximately: 15 5/8 x 12 in. (39.6 x 30.4 cm.)
    each sheet: 22 x 18 in. (55.8 x 45.7 cm.)
    Chief Garfield, Jicarilla is from The North American Indian. Portfolio I (Cambridge: Suffolk Engraving Co.,1907) and Bread, Apsaroke from The North American Indian. Portfolio IV (Cambridge, The University Press, 1909).

    Provenance
    Bruce Kapson Gallery, Los Angeles;
    acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000.
    Literature
    Edward S. Curtis and George P. Horse Capture, Native Nations First Americans as Seen by Edward S. Curtis, Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown and Company; Callaway Editions, Boston, 1993, p. 42 .
    Edward S. Curtis and Christopher Cardozo, Chiefs & Warriors, Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown and Company; produced by Callaway Editions, Boston, 1996, p. 17.
    Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indians: The Complete Portfolios, Taschen, Cologne, 1997, p. 34, 170.
    Edward S. Curtis et al., Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2000, p. 121.
    Edward S. Curtis et al., Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks, DelMonico Books-Prestel, Munich; London; New York, 2015, pl. 71, p. 120.
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