EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868–1952) Lot n° 9

EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868-1952) | 'A Hopi Girl', from 'The North American Indian', 1905 Image Size: 39,1 x 28,7 cm English: Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese paper 42,5 x 31 cm, mounted in original mat 57 x 45,5 cm, in good condition. Typographic "Plate 406" in the upper left margin, title and "From Copyright Photograph 1905 by E. S. Curtis" as well as "Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co., Boston" in the lower margin, stamped "Bangor Public Library, Maine" on the reverse of the mount. LITERATURE Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. The complete portfolios, text by Hans Christian Adam, Cologne 1997, Vol. XII, p. 469. "Soft, regular features are characteristic of Hopi young women, and no small part of a mother's time used to be devoted to dressing the hair of her unmarried daughters. The aboriginal style is rapidly being abandoned, and the native one-piece dress here illustrated is seldom seen even at the less advanced stage of the Hopi pueblos." (Caption by Curtis) * Fully Taxed German: Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese paper 42.5 x 31 cm, mounted in original passepartout 57 x 45.5 cm, in good condition. In the upper left margin typographically "Plate 406", in the lower margin title and "From Copyright Photograph 1905 by E. S. Curtis" as well as "Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co., Boston", stamped "Bangor Public Library, Maine" on the mount on the reverse. LITERATURE Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian. The complete portfolios, text by Hans Christian Adam, Cologne 1997, Vol. XII, p. 469. "Soft, even features are characteristic of young Hopi women, and no small part of a mother's time used to be devoted to styling the hair of her unmarried daughters. The traditional culture is rapidly disappearing, however, and the one-piece dress pictured here is rarely seen even in the less advanced Hopi pueblos." (Caption by Curtis) * Fully taxed