Lot #5: EDWARD S. CURTIS - A Favorite Cheyenne Costume - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952).
Title: "A Favorite Cheyenne Costume".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1911. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 1/8 x 5 in. (181 x 127 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American peoples. N.B. This is an original photogravure published later than and separately from ‘The North American Indian’ portfolio and Curtis’s editioned works. [29705-2-400-NA]