Description:
Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
The Oath--Apsaroke, 1908. Signed "Curtis L.A. ©" in black ink in the image l.r. Toned double border gelatin silver print, image size 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (19.4 x 14.4 cm),unmatted, framed.
Condition: The print has darkened, subtle corrugation stains on the verso, minor thinning of sheet at l.l. edge.
Provenance: Acquired from Great Northern Trade Co., Guerneville, CA, 1977; to a private Rhode Island collection.
N.B. Edward Sheriff Curtis is best known for his Herculean effort to document the North American Indian through photographs and recordings of song and speech. As the western United States was developed, he endeavored to record the vanishing cultures of the land's original inhabitants, creating a body of work that at the time defined the country's popular vision of Native American culture. Curtis began his fieldwork in 1906 with the support of financier J. Pierpont Morgan, and by 1930 he had documented more than eighty tribes and made over 40,000 photographs.
The original 1977 receipt from Great Northern Trade Co. accompanies the lot.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Sheet measures 10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.4 cm). No additional issues to report.
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