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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)
Portfolio 20, The North American Indian.
With 35
large-format photogravures of indigenous Alaskans.
Photogravures on vellum, the images measuring
11
1
/
2
x15
1
/
2
inches (29.2x39.4 cm.), and the reverse,
the sheets 17
1
/
4
x21
3
/
4
inches (43.8x55.2 cm.), each
with the printed Curtis credit,publisher credit,title,
date, and plate number (Nos. 688-722), on recto;
with a printed list of the titles. Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Suffolk Engraving Co., 1928
[8,000/12,000]
Rarely offered for sale, this Curtis portfolio of
picturesque scenes and striking portraits of Alaskan
Kotzebue and Nunivak was acquired by a Private
Collector in 1972.The images depict a critical point
in Eskimo (Inuit) culture: Curtis captured native
peoples as the population was coming into contact
with Canadian and American influences.
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KARL MOON (1878-1948)
Comacita.
Sepia-toned silver print, the image
measuring 16
1
/
4
x10
1
/
4
inches (41.2x26 cm.),
double mounted, the larger mount measuring
approximately 22x15
1
/
2
inches (55.9x39.4 cm.),
with Moon’s block-lettered and cursive signatures,
in ink, and the Fred Harvey copyright blind stamp,
on print recto, and the title, in ink, on the smaller
mount recto; in a period wooden frame. 1907
[3,000/4,500]
The subject of this photograph is also referred to as
Ki-e-te-day, A Laguna Maiden
(New Mexico).
She is draped in a Navajo blanket and wearing a squash blossom silver necklace.
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