Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2018
Edward Sherrif Curtis (1868-1952) - The Altar - Arikara, 1908; Arikara Medicine Ceremony - Night Men Dancing, 1908

The Altar - Arikara, 1908


two photogravures in sepia tone on van gelder blindstamped paper with deckled edges
Each with titles in the plate lower left margin and with the photographer's copyright with its date: "From Copyright Photograph by E.S. Curtis" in the plate below the image in the centre margin. Both from Volume 5: The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina.Sheets/Approximately 11" x 13" - 27.9 x 33 cm.
drawn in 1908
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The Altar - Arikara, 1908; Arikara Medicine Ceremony - Night Men Dancing, 1908 by artist Edward Sherrif Curtis