Edward S. Curtis, (1868-1952, Los Angeles, CA)

Comprising:
"Tsaassi-Mis-salla" (Crow with Necklace), 1927, plate 618
"Muwu (His Tooth) - Sarsi," plate 619
"Moss for the Baby - Bags - Cree," plate 625
"A Cree," plate 626
"A Cree Woman," 1928, plate 627
"Kindling Fire - Assiniboin," plate 631
"Placating the Spirit of a Slain Eagle - Assiniboin," 1907, plate 634
"Agichide Assiniboin," 1926, plate 635
"The Blackfoot Country," 1926, plate 636
"A Medicine Head-Dress-Blackfoot," 1926, plate 638
"Oksoyapiw - Blackfoot," 1926, plate 639
"Bear Bull, Blackfoot," 1926, plate 640
"Bow River-Blackfoot," plate 644
"Sacred bags of the Horn Society - Blood," 1926, plate 646
"Apio-Mita (White Dog) - Blood," plate 648
"Astanihkyi (Come-Singing) - Blood," plate 649
"Stsimaki" ("Reluctant-to-be-woman"), plate 650
"Soyaksin - Blood," plate 651
18 plates (4 framed) with title page and original canvas and leatherette bound portfolio case
Case: 23" H x 18.75" W

Provenance: Property from a Private Texas Collection

Notes: This portfolio was originally a group of 20 works but there are two works missing:
"Blackfoot Tipis," 16.75" H x 12.25" W, Portfolio 18, plate 642
"MAKOYEPUK ("WOLF - CHILD") - BLOOD," Portfolio 18, plate 647

Overall good condition. In original canvas and leatherette bound portfolio. Case ribbon ties have broken. Title page has heavy toning and spots of staining. Each plate: Overall good condition. Most tipped down inside the original Van Gelder Zonen paper mounts. Some images have rippling to paper from the tacking. Some have a later-added overmat. Each image is slightly toned with mat burn. Four works are framed and not examined out of the frame: Blackfoot Country; Bow River; Placating the Spirit of a Slain Eagle; and Oksoyapiw. Portfolio: Shows signs of wear with fraying and torn spine at the bottom. "18" is letter pressed into the leatherette binding. Some ties are torn.

Largest frame: 24.25" H x 28" W x 1.125" D