1904 Vintage Edward Curtis Photo Basket Cap Masker Original Photogravure 11x13

Print Method: Photogravure
(Heliogravure, sheet fed photogravure, lithograph)

Color / B&W: Goldtone

Print Year: 2001

Origin: USA

Orientation: Portrait

Image Height: 8.07 ins.

Image Width: 6.06 ins.

(New) Mount & Mat Board: 100% Cotton, Acid Free, Museum Grade Mount Board.

Mount Height: 13.0 ins.

Mount Width: 11.0 ins.

Standard Frame: 11 by 13

Frame Ready

The mount size for print VPBBEAD7 is a standard frame size 11.0 ins wide x 13.0 ins high, which allows you to save money on expensive, custom framing. Please note: this print is also fully matted, making it genuinely frame ready (Although we cannot change the size of the print, if you prefer a different size mount to fit a particular frame size, please contact us before ordering. No charge). The mount and mat are brand new.

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BIO

Born: Whitewater, WI, USA, 1868

Died: 1952

Wikipedia

" ... Curtis was born on February 19, 1868, on a farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin. His father, the Reverend Asahel "Johnson" Curtis (1840–1887), was a minister, farmer, and American Civil War veteran born in Ohio. His mother, Ellen Sheriff (1844–1912), was born in Pennsylvania. Curtis's siblings were Raphael (1862 – c. 1885), also called Ray; Edward, called Eddy; Eva (1870–?); and Asahel Curtis (1874–1941).[3] Weakened by his experiences in the Civil War, Johnson Curtis had difficulty in managing his farm, resulting in hardship and poverty for his family. ... "

Smithsonian

" ... Year after year, he packed his camera and supplies—everything he’d need for months—and traveled by foot and by horse deep into the Indian territories. At the beginning of the 20th century, Edward S. Curtis worked in the belief that he was in a desperate race against time to document, with film, sound and scholarship, the North American Indian before white expansion and the federal government destroyed what remained of their natives’ way of life. ... "

Library Of Congress

" ... In the mid 1890s, Curtis began photographing local Puget Sound Native Americans digging for clams and mussels on the tide flats. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of Sealth, the Suquamish chief after whom Seattle was named. Later, as an official photographer of the 1899 Harriman Expedition, Curtis documented the geological features of the Alaskan wilderness as well as its indigenous population. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis and greatly increased his interest in Native cultures. He visited tribal communities in Montana and Arizona and began in earnest to photograph many other Native Americans in the West, spending more time in the field and less time in his studio. ... "

Britannica

" ... Curtis took thousands of photographs for The North American Indian—predominantly portraits but also landscapes, still lifes, scenes of everyday life, and more. In an article published in 1914, at the height of his fame, he wrote, “We want the documentary picture of the people and their homeland—a picture that will show the soul of the people.” ... "

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