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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1858–1952)
The Vanishing Race, Navaho, 1904
gelatin silver print, mounted on paper, mounted on board
signed and numbered '378-04' in ink (recto)
image/sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 in.(38.7 x 50.8 cm.)
mount/secondary mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)

Literature
Edward S. Curtis et al., Portraits from North American Indian Life, A & W Visual Library [Outerbridge & Lazard], New York, c. 1972, p. 53.
Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indians: The Complete Portfolios, Taschen, Cologne, 1997, p. 36.
Edward S. Curtis et al., Native Nations First Americans as Seen by Edward S. Curtis, Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown and Company; Callaway Editions, Boston, 1993, p. 123. Edward S. Curtis et al., Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2000, p. 188.
Edward S. Curtis et al., Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks, DelMonico Books-Prestel, Munich; London; New York, 2015, p. 91, pl. 45. Edward S. Curtis and Joseph Epes Brown, The North American Indians, Aperture, New York, p. 95.
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