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Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952)
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 him 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 tribes. After this experience, it was clear to him that he was to record, with pen and camera, the life of the North American Indian. Curtis devoted the next 30 years photographing and documenting over eighty tribes west of the Mississippi, from the Mexican border to northern Alaska. His project won support from such prominent and powerful figures as President Theodore Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan. From 1911-1914 Curtis also produced and directed a silent film based on the mythology of the Rawakiutl Indians of the Pacific Northwest.

On the Pend D’Oreille – Kalispel
On the Pend D’Oreille – Kalispel
$350

EDWARD S. CURTIS
On the Pend D’Oreille – Kalispel

From: “The North American Indian”, Volume 7

1910

Vintage photogravure on
Japanese Tissue

5.25 x 7.25 in.

$350