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The master prints / Edward Curtis.

Title
The master prints / Edward Curtis.
Author
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Publication
Santa Fe, N.M. : Arena, 2001.

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Peabody Essex Museum
Description
191 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
The 108 photos of Native Americans originally selected by Curtis for an exhibition at the Waldorf-Astoria in 1906 are here reproduced as a catalog for an exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum, with an introduction by Clark Worswick that discusses the conflict between art photography and anthropology in Curtis's work.
Alternative Title
Edward Curtis the master prints
Subject
  • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
  • Peabody Essex Museum > Catalogs
  • Indians of North America > Portraits
  • Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works
  • Portraits
Note
  • "All photographs are from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-27).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Edward Sheriff Curtis : an appreciation / Clark Worswick -- The master prints.
ISBN
1892041391
LCCN
^^2001131972
OCLC
48634515
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library