Description: Large Original Photogravure | Edward S. Curtis || Mitat Wailaki | Plate 472 (1924) |12" x 16" on Van Gelder Paper “The most ambitious enterprise in publishing since the production of the King James Bible.”(The New York Herald, 1907) This is an original large format photogravure from 'The North American Indian,' Portfolio from the approximately 227 sets produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son. At the beginning of the 20th century, Edward S. Curtis worked in the belief that he was in a desperate race against time to document, with film, sound and scholarship, the North American Indian before white expansion and the federal government destroyed what remained of their natives’ way of life. For thirty years, with the backing of men like J. Pierpont Morgan and former president Theodore Roosevelt, but at great expense to his family life and his health, Curtis lived among dozens of native tribes, devoting his life to his calling until he produced a definitive and unparalleled work. (Gilbert King). Gorgeous, priced to sell and ready to ship. Please contact with any questions.
Price: 79.95 USD
Location: Lincolnshire, Illinois
End Time: 2024-11-30T23:08:32.000Z
Shipping Cost: 12.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Origin: The North American Indian Volume
Type: Photogravure
Modification Description: Safely removed from original portfolio
Year: Photograph 1924
Tribal Affiliation: Wailaki
Artisan: Edward S. Curtis
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Native American: US
