United States, Arizona, Akimel O'odham (Pima)
1925, printed 1926
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Image: 11 7/16 × 15 5/8" | Sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 7/8"
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, Arizona
This photogravure by Edward S. Curtis is titled Chijako, Pima, photographed in 1925 and printed in 1926 on Dutch Van Gelder paper. The Akimel O'odham, or "River People," are the indigenous inhabitants of the middle Gila River valley of present-day southern Arizona, a people whose sophisticated irrigation-based agriculture sustained communities in the Sonoran Desert for centuries. Curtis's documentation of Pima subjects during the mid-1920s produced portraits of quiet intimacy and considerable ethnographic depth.
Named Pima portraits are among the more considered examples of his Southwest work from this period, and the Tucson provenance situates this print within the broader O'odham homeland. The print is on Dutch Van Gelder paper, consistent with the standard edition of The North American Indian. The print is in collector condition with private Tucson provenance.
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United States, Arizona, Akimel O'odham (Pima)
1925, printed 1926
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Image: 11 7/16 × 15 5/8" | Sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 7/8"
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, Arizona
This photogravure by Edward S. Curtis is titled Chijako, Pima, photographed in 1925 and printed in 1926 on Dutch Van Gelder paper. The Akimel O'odham, or "River People," are the indigenous inhabitants of the middle Gila River valley of present-day southern Arizona, a people whose sophisticated irrigation-based agriculture sustained communities in the Sonoran Desert for centuries. Curtis's documentation of Pima subjects during the mid-1920s produced portraits of quiet intimacy and considerable ethnographic depth.
Named Pima portraits are among the more considered examples of his Southwest work from this period, and the Tucson provenance situates this print within the broader O'odham homeland. The print is on Dutch Van Gelder paper, consistent with the standard edition of The North American Indian. The print is in collector condition with private Tucson provenance.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
