Southern Miwok, Central California
1924
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Image 11 7/16 x 15 9/16 inches; sheet 17 15/16 x 21 7/8 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ
This photogravure portrait of a Southern Miwok individual was printed in 1924 on Dutch Van Gelder paper as part of Edward S. Curtis's documentation of North American indigenous peoples in The North American Indian. The Southern Miwok people of the western Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley of present day California are among the more rarely depicted subjects in Curtis's vast photographic project, lending this print particular scarcity and documentary value. Curtis documented these communities during the early 1920s, a period in which traditional ways of life had been profoundly disrupted by the Gold Rush and its long aftermath.
California indigenous subjects from The North American Indian are consistently among the most uncommon examples of Curtis's photogravure work, and Southern Miwok portraits are especially infrequently encountered in the collector market. The image is rendered with the tonal richness and surface quality characteristic of Curtis's Dutch Van Gelder printings, conveying both individual presence and historical depth. From a Tucson private collection.
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Southern Miwok, Central California
1924
Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Image 11 7/16 x 15 9/16 inches; sheet 17 15/16 x 21 7/8 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ
This photogravure portrait of a Southern Miwok individual was printed in 1924 on Dutch Van Gelder paper as part of Edward S. Curtis's documentation of North American indigenous peoples in The North American Indian. The Southern Miwok people of the western Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley of present day California are among the more rarely depicted subjects in Curtis's vast photographic project, lending this print particular scarcity and documentary value. Curtis documented these communities during the early 1920s, a period in which traditional ways of life had been profoundly disrupted by the Gold Rush and its long aftermath.
California indigenous subjects from The North American Indian are consistently among the most uncommon examples of Curtis's photogravure work, and Southern Miwok portraits are especially infrequently encountered in the collector market. The image is rendered with the tonal richness and surface quality characteristic of Curtis's Dutch Van Gelder printings, conveying both individual presence and historical depth. From a Tucson private collection.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
