DRESSING THE FLUTE MAIDEN HOPI 1901 Vintage Print
EDWARD S. CURTIS. Dressing the Flute Maiden - Hopi, 1901. 7.6x6" gelatin silver print on 9.7x13" off-white heavy paper mount. Published as a photogravure in Volume XII, The Hopi opposite pg. 162 of The North American Indian. Signed in the negative "Curtis x736". ASG# ESC/8730
A vintage print from Curtis' second series made in Hopi in 1901 on a Gelatin Silver Print paper that he only used for a few years. By 1904 Curtis had hired Adolf Muhr who made platinum prints for Curtis in his studio until Muhr's death in about 1913. At this point Curtis transitioned into making orotones and small double and single border gelatin silver prints.
This print shows a much more straightforward documentary style, typical of his post-World War I work. By 1904 Curtis had refined his ideas about the ethno-historical picture story he wanted to tell that would accompany the more straightforward ethnographic and historical text; that is, he wanted to picture the Indians as they would have been "Before the White Man Came."
Condition Report: Excellent. Minor wear.
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EDWARD S. CURTIS. Dressing the Flute Maiden - Hopi, 1901. 7.6x6" gelatin silver print on 9.7x13" off-white heavy paper mount. Published as a photogravure in Volume XII, The Hopi opposite pg. 162 of The North American Indian. Signed in the negative "Curtis x736". ASG# ESC/8730
A vintage print from Curtis' second series made in Hopi in 1901 on a Gelatin Silver Print paper that he only used for a few years. By 1904 Curtis had hired Adolf Muhr who made platinum prints for Curtis in his studio until Muhr's death in about 1913. At this point Curtis transitioned into making orotones and small double and single border gelatin silver prints.
This print shows a much more straightforward documentary style, typical of his post-World War I work. By 1904 Curtis had refined his ideas about the ethno-historical picture story he wanted to tell that would accompany the more straightforward ethnographic and historical text; that is, he wanted to picture the Indians as they would have been "Before the White Man Came."
Condition Report: Excellent. Minor wear.
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