United States, Arizona, Maricopa (Piipaash)
1907
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Image: 11 7/16 × 15 9/16" | Sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 1/8"
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, Arizona
This photogravure by Edward S. Curtis is titled Captain Charley, Maricopa and dates from the inaugural year of The North American Indian (1907–1930). The Maricopa, or Piipaash, are a Yuman-speaking people of the Gila and lower Colorado River valleys of present-day Arizona. Captain Charley's identification as a named individual of evident standing within his community lends this portrait documentary significance extending beyond its artistic merit.
Curtis's 1907 documentation of Maricopa subjects along the Gila River produced some of the most quietly powerful portraits in the entire run of The North American Indian, capturing individuals whose communities had already weathered profound disruption while maintaining deep roots in the Sonoran Desert landscape. The print is on Dutch Van Gelder paper, consistent with the publication's standard edition. Named Maricopa portraits from this first year of the project are genuinely uncommon.
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United States, Arizona, Maricopa (Piipaash)
1907
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Image: 11 7/16 × 15 9/16" | Sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 1/8"
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, Arizona
This photogravure by Edward S. Curtis is titled Captain Charley, Maricopa and dates from the inaugural year of The North American Indian (1907–1930). The Maricopa, or Piipaash, are a Yuman-speaking people of the Gila and lower Colorado River valleys of present-day Arizona. Captain Charley's identification as a named individual of evident standing within his community lends this portrait documentary significance extending beyond its artistic merit.
Curtis's 1907 documentation of Maricopa subjects along the Gila River produced some of the most quietly powerful portraits in the entire run of The North American Indian, capturing individuals whose communities had already weathered profound disruption while maintaining deep roots in the Sonoran Desert landscape. The print is on Dutch Van Gelder paper, consistent with the publication's standard edition. Named Maricopa portraits from this first year of the project are genuinely uncommon.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
