2nd Jun, 2023 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2023

 
Lot 15
 

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)
'An Assiniboin camp', from 'The North American Indian', c. 1907

Sold for €800


Lot details

Start price: €800

Estimate: € 1.400–1.800

English:

Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese tissue paper 35,5 x 43,4 cm, printed 1908, in very good condition. Typographic "Plate 107" in the upper left margin, title and "From Copyright Photograph 1908 by E. S. Curtis" as well as "Photogravure John Andrew & Son, Boston" in the lower margin. LITERATURE E. S. Curtis, The North American Indian, vol. 3, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin, Cambridge, Mass. 1908, plate no. 107; Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. The complete portfolios, text by Hans Christian Adam, Cologne 1997, p. 153. Caption by Curtis: "In making their camps the Indians often chose more picturesque spots."

Deutsch:

Photogravüre in rot-brauner Tinte auf Japanpapier 35,5 x 43,4 cm, geprintet 1908, in sehr gutem Zustand. Typographischer Vermerk "Plate 107" im oberen linken Rand, Titel und "From Copyright Photograph 1908 by E. S. Curtis" sowie "Photogravure John Andrew & Son, Boston" im unteren Rand. LITERATUR E. S. Curtis, The North American Indian, Bd. 3, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin, Cambridge, Mass. 1908, Tafel 107; Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. The complete portfolios, Vorwort von Hans Christian Adam, Köln 1997, S. 153. Bildunterschrift von Curtis (aus dem Englischen übersetzt): "Die Indianer suchen sich meist besonders pittoreske Plätze für ihre Camps."

Size: 30,1 x 39,9 cm