2nd Jun, 2023 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2023

 
  Lot 16
 

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)
'An Idle hour – Piegan', from 'The North American Indian', c. 1909

Sold for €800


Lot details

Start price: €800

Estimate: € 1.400–1.800

English:

Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese tissue paper 33 x 42,6 cm, printed 1910, in very good condition. Typographic "Plate 197" in the upper left margin, title and "From Copyright Photograph 1910 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. 6, The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho, Cambridge, Mass. 1911, plate no. 197; Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. The complete portfolios, text by Hans Christian Adam, Cologne 1997, p. 249.

Deutsch:

Photogravüre in rot-brauner Tinte auf Japanpapier 33 x 42,6 cm, geprintet 1910, in sehr gutem Zustand. Typografischer Vermerk "Plate 107" im oberen linken Rand, Titel und "From Copyright Photograph 1910 by E. S. Curtis" sowie "Photogravure John Andrew & Son, Boston" im unteren Rand. LITERATUR E. S. Curtis, The North American Indian, Bd. 6, The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho, Cambridge, Mass. 1911, Tafel 197; Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. The complete portfolios, Vorwort v. Hans Christian Adam, Köln 1997, S. 249.

Size: 28 x 39,4 cm