United States, Arizona, Maricopa (Piipaash)
1907
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper, blind stamp lower right corner
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 Mat Stams, Maricopa and dates from 1907, among the earliest years of The North American Indian (1907–1930). The Maricopa, known in their own language as the Piipaash, are a Yuman-speaking people of the lower Colorado and Gila River valleys of present-day Arizona. The portrait documents traditional Maricopa life before the accelerating pace of change in the early twentieth-century Southwest.
The print displays the tonal richness and depth characteristic of Curtis photogravures on Dutch Van Gelder paper, with the blind stamp lower right corner confirming its place within the standard edition. Named Maricopa portraits from the inaugural years of the project are genuinely uncommon. The print is in collector condition with private Tucson provenance.
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United States, Arizona, Maricopa (Piipaash)
1907
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper, blind stamp lower right corner
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 Mat Stams, Maricopa and dates from 1907, among the earliest years of The North American Indian (1907–1930). The Maricopa, known in their own language as the Piipaash, are a Yuman-speaking people of the lower Colorado and Gila River valleys of present-day Arizona. The portrait documents traditional Maricopa life before the accelerating pace of change in the early twentieth-century Southwest.
The print displays the tonal richness and depth characteristic of Curtis photogravures on Dutch Van Gelder paper, with the blind stamp lower right corner confirming its place within the standard edition. Named Maricopa portraits from the inaugural years of the project are genuinely uncommon. The print is in collector condition with private Tucson provenance.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
