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Lot 203
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,200
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Lot Description
CURTIS, Edward (1868-1952), photographer. A group of 8 photogravures of Sarsi, Cree, Blood, and Blackfoot Indians.
8 photogravures on tissue paper from Portfolio 18, including the following titles:
Titishû-Ghitliūbl ("Deer Running") - Sarsi. (Plate 617). -- Tsāassi-Mīs-Sallā ("Crow with Necklace") - Sarsi. (Plate 618). -- Múwū ("His-Tooth") - Sarsi. (Plate 619). -- Cree Tipis. (Plate 624). -- A Cree Woman. (Plate 627). -- A Medicine Head-Dress - Blackfoot. (Plate 638). -- Fleshing a Hide - Blackfoot. (Plate 643). -- Stsímaki ("Reluctant-to-be-Woman") - Blood. (Plate 650).
Together, 8 photogravures with 1926 copyright date. Portfolio images approx. 15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. Each print is matted and framed, 23 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.
[With:] Portraits from North American Indian Life: Edward S. Curtis, 1972.