EDWARD S CURTIS SENTINEL SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO NM
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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS Pl. 580 The Sentinel - San Ildefonso, 1925 15.3x11.4" Photogravure on 22x18" Japan Vellum Paper from Portfolio 17 of The North American Indian ASG# ESC/8314
The Curtis caption for this print reads: "In prehistoric times the Tewa were so beset by roving enemies that not a few of them, for purposes of defense, became cliff-dwellers. With a watchman posted in a niche of the cliff or on a commanding elevation, there was little chance of an enemy surprising laborers in the cornfields."
Classic salon style outdoor view as Curtis adopted an amalgam of styles.
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) created a legacy that was a monumental visual tour de force, an ethnographic, heroic and theatrical record of the American Indian and their recollected and imagined way of life before the white man. Between 1898 and 1928 Working in collaboration with many tribal members Curtis created an ethno-historical account combined with photographic notions of character portraiture, environmental portraiture and classical romanticism as well as straight documentary views. He published 20 octavo volumes with around 75 prints per volume each accompanied with a larger portfolio of usually 36 hand pulled photogravures. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN (1906-1928) is considered the most lavish and elegantly illustrated set of photographic books ever produced. This has lot has original vintage photogravure from this publication made under Curtis supervision.
The Curtis caption for this print reads: "In prehistoric times the Tewa were so beset by roving enemies that not a few of them, for purposes of defense, became cliff-dwellers. With a watchman posted in a niche of the cliff or on a commanding elevation, there was little chance of an enemy surprising laborers in the cornfields."
Classic salon style outdoor view as Curtis adopted an amalgam of styles.
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) created a legacy that was a monumental visual tour de force, an ethnographic, heroic and theatrical record of the American Indian and their recollected and imagined way of life before the white man. Between 1898 and 1928 Working in collaboration with many tribal members Curtis created an ethno-historical account combined with photographic notions of character portraiture, environmental portraiture and classical romanticism as well as straight documentary views. He published 20 octavo volumes with around 75 prints per volume each accompanied with a larger portfolio of usually 36 hand pulled photogravures. THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN (1906-1928) is considered the most lavish and elegantly illustrated set of photographic books ever produced. This has lot has original vintage photogravure from this publication made under Curtis supervision.
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Excellent. Minor wear
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EDWARD S CURTIS SENTINEL SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO NM
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