19th Nov, 2022 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2022

 
  Lot 3
 

EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868–1952)
Chief Hector – Assiniboin, from Portfolio 18 of ‘The North American Indian’, 1926

Sold for €750


Lot details

Start price: €600

Estimate: € 1.000–1.200

English:

Photogravure in red-brown ink on Van Gelder Zonen paper 55,5 x 45 cm, in fine condition. Typographic “629” in the upper left margin, title and “From Copyright Photograph 1926 by E. S. Curtis” as well as “Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass.” in the lower margin. LITERATURE Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian, vol. 18, The Chipewyan. The Western woods Cree. The Sarsi, Cambridge, Mass.: The University Press 1928, Portfolio plate no. 629.

Deutsch:

Photogravüre in rotbrauner Tinte auf Van Gelder Zonen Papier 55,5 x 45 cm, in gutem Zustand. Typographisch "629" im oberen linken Rand, Titel und "From Copyright Photograph 1926 by E. S. Curtis" sowie "Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge Mass." im unteren Rand. LITERATUR Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian, Bd. 18, The Chipewyan. The Western Woods Cree. The Sarsi, Cambridge, Mass.: The University Press 1928, Portfolio Tafel Nr. 629.

Size: 39 x 29,7 cm