Photogravure on Japanese tissue
Image height 11.5 in / 29.2 cm
Image width 15.5 in / 39.4 cm
Framed height 19 in / 48.3 cm
Framed width 23 in / 58.4 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
This photogravure by Edward S. Curtis is titled An Offering at the Waterfall, Nambe and dates to 1925. The image shows a figure beside running water, with the title connecting the scene to Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico. As with Curtis’s Pueblo subjects, the photograph should be described with cultural specificity while avoiding additional claims about ceremony or ritual beyond the title itself.
The print is made on Japanese tissue, a material associated with Curtis’s more refined photogravure presentation. The composition uses the waterfall, crouched figure, and dark tonal range to create a quiet, carefully staged image. As a Nambe Pueblo subject, the work belongs within the Southwest region of Curtis’s broader Native American photographic project.
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Photogravure on Japanese tissue
Image height 11.5 in / 29.2 cm
Image width 15.5 in / 39.4 cm
Framed height 19 in / 48.3 cm
Framed width 23 in / 58.4 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
This photogravure by Edward S. Curtis is titled An Offering at the Waterfall, Nambe and dates to 1925. The image shows a figure beside running water, with the title connecting the scene to Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico. As with Curtis’s Pueblo subjects, the photograph should be described with cultural specificity while avoiding additional claims about ceremony or ritual beyond the title itself.
The print is made on Japanese tissue, a material associated with Curtis’s more refined photogravure presentation. The composition uses the waterfall, crouched figure, and dark tonal range to create a quiet, carefully staged image. As a Nambe Pueblo subject, the work belongs within the Southwest region of Curtis’s broader Native American photographic project.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
