Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1905, negative/date notation 'x1534-05' in the negative; signed in ink and copyright credit blindstamp on the recto.
image: 17 1/2 x 13in. (44.5 x 33cm.)
An Important Western Collection of Edward S. Curtis
This lot is located in Chicago.
This unpublished variant of Nespilim Girl is extraordinarily rare in this large format.
Ms. Paterson joined Hindman in 2022 and is a nearly 30-year veteran of the photography industry. She began her career in the Photographs Department at Christie’s in New York, and spent 20 years at the auction house becoming a Senior Specialist. Subsequently, she worked at Magnum Photos New York (a prestigious photojournalism collective founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1947) as US Cultural and Print Sales Director and Bonhams as Head of the Photographs Department. Ms. Paterson has extensive knowledge of photography from the 18th to 21st centuries, with a particular interest in works of the American West by Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams.