United States, New Mexico, Nambe Pueblo
1925
Photogravure on Japanese tissue
Image: 11 1/2 × 15 1/2" (29.2 × 39.4 cm) | Framed: 19 × 23" (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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, crouched and dark in tonal range, with the title connecting the scene to Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico. The photograph is described with cultural specificity while avoiding additional claims about ceremony or ritual beyond what the title itself documents.
The print is made on Japanese tissue, a material associated with Curtis's more refined photogravure presentation, giving the image a warm luminous quality distinct from standard paper editions. 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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United States, New Mexico, Nambe Pueblo
1925
Photogravure on Japanese tissue
Image: 11 1/2 × 15 1/2" (29.2 × 39.4 cm) | Framed: 19 × 23" (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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, crouched and dark in tonal range, with the title connecting the scene to Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico. The photograph is described with cultural specificity while avoiding additional claims about ceremony or ritual beyond what the title itself documents.
The print is made on Japanese tissue, a material associated with Curtis's more refined photogravure presentation, giving the image a warm luminous quality distinct from standard paper editions. 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.
