Edward S. Curtis 1927 Photogravure Folio 19, Plate #684 "U'Wat - Comanche" - $850 - (Aurora, IL)
Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Payment | Shipping | Additional Information | Policies Edward S. Curtis 1927 Photogravure Folio 19, Plate #684 "UWat - Comanche" Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Edward S. Curtis "U'Wat - Comanche" Photogravure. 1927. Folio 19. Plate 684. Professionally matted and framed. Print is clean and crisp and without any condition issues. No browning along the edge of mat. Frame is in very good condition, a couple of small dings that have been touched up. The mat has some slight discoloration on the lower right-hand side corner. Very light. Please note there is a glare in some of the pictures from the light but this is not on the glass or photogravure. The image size is 11.25" x 15.25" excluding typography. Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of Americas finest photographers and ethnologists. When the Curtis family moved to Port Orchard, Washington in 1887, Edwards gift for photography led him to an investigation of the Indians living on the Seattle waterfront. His portrait of Chief Seattles daughter, Princess Angeline, won Curtis the highest award in a photographic contest. Having become well-known for his work-with the Indians, Curtis participated in the 1899 Harriman expedition to Alaska as one of two official photographers. He then accompanied George Bird Grinell, editor of Forest and Stream, on a trip to northern Montana. There they witnessed the deeply sacred Sundance of the Piegan and Blackfoot tribes. Travelling on horseback, with their pack horses trailing behind, they emerged from the mountains to view the valley floor massed with over a thousand teepees an awesome sight to Curtis and one that transformed his life. Everything fell into place at that moment: it was clear to him that he was to record…
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