Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2018
Edward Sherrif Curtis (1868-1952) - Zahadolzha - Navajo, 1904; A Cowichan Mask, 1912; Arapaho Shield, 1927

Zahadolzha - Navajo, 1904; A Cowichan Mask, 1912


three 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. The first from Volume 1: The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho; the second from Volume 9: The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa; the third from Volume 19: The Indians of Oklahoma. The Wichita. The southern Cheyenne. The Oto. The Comanche. The Peyote cult
drawn in 1927
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Zahadolzha - Navajo, 1904; A Cowichan Mask, 1912; Arapaho Shield, 1927 by artist Edward Sherrif Curtis