Lot 1622 - A189 Photography - Thursday, 27. June 2019, 04.30 PM
EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS
(1868-1952)
Die untergehende Rasse - Navajo, 1904.
Gelatin silver print. Vintage.
Image dimension 14.3 x 19.2 cm; sheet dimension 20 x 24.6 cm.
Signed "Curtis" lower right below the image, photographer's copyright imprinted lower left in the image. Original studio frame.
Literature:
- Florence Curtis Graybill and Victor Boesen. Ein Denkmal für die Indianer: Edward Sheriff Curtis und sein photographisches Werk über die Indianer Nordamerika 1907-1930. Munich, 1979 (ill. p. 25).
- Centre National de la Photographie (ed.). Edward S. Curtis. Photo Poche. Paris, 1990 (ill. 6).
Provenance:
- Sotheby's, auction 25.5.1982, lot 376 (copy of the catalogue entry mounted verso)
- Swiss private collection.
CHF 2 500 / 4 000 | (€ 2 580 / 4 120)
Sold for CHF 2 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.