April 12, 2024
Lot of 3 EDWARD CURTIS Native Amer Photogrh BOOKS: Portraits, Visions, Vanishing
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Portraits From North American Indian Life.Curtis, Edward S.Published by Promontory Press, (1972)Luscious hardcover book in FINE/Like New condition with Near Fine DJ. DJ has "bubbled" in several spots where shiny surface has separated from paper, but in all other ways is FINEThe Vanishing Race and Other Illusions Curtis, Edward S Published by Pantheon (1982) Paperback in very good condition; minor edge wear; pencil price on first frontis pageEdward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of a Vanishing RaceEdward S. CurtisPublished by Houghton Mifflin (P) (1986)Book in Like New condition; store sticker on front cover Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of America’s finest photographers and ethnologists. When the Curtis family moved to Port Orchard, Washington in 1887, Edward’s gift for photography led him to an investigation of the Indians living on the Seattle waterfront. His portrait of Chief Seattle’s daughter, Princess Angeline, won Curtis the highest award in a photographic contest. Having become well-known for his work-with the Indians, Curtis participated in the 1899 Harriman expedition to Alaska as one of two official photographers. He then accompanied George Bird Grinell, editor of Forest and Stream, on a trip to northern Montana. There they witnessed the deeply sacred Sundance of the Piegan and Blackfoot
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