Lot #1749: EDWARD S. CURTIS - Head Carry, Blackfoot - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952).
Title: "Head Carry, Blackfoot".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1900. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 x 8 7/8 in. (305 x 225 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed, dated, and annotated "copyright" and "73" in the negative, lower left recto; stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Very rare. “Gordon’s Photography Prices” does not include a sale of this image. 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. [29777-2-225]