The Apache Reaper
Artist
Edward S. Curtis
(American, 1868 - 1952)
Engraver
John Andrew & Son
(American (founded 1869))
Datecopyright 1906
Mediumphotogravure on paper
Dimensions18 1/2 × 22 1/8 inches (47 × 56.2 cm)
Other (Plate): 13 5/8 × 17 inches (34.6 × 43.2 cm)
Other (Plate): 13 5/8 × 17 inches (34.6 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013
Object number2013.2.1.9
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextIn Volume One, Curtis presented the Apache, the Jicarillas, and the Navaho. He wrote about this image. “Here the Apache woman is seen in her small wheatfield harvesting the grain with a hand sickle, the method now common to all Indians of the Southwest.” The quotations are all from "The North American Indian." Curtis had writers who worked on the text, but he is cited as the official author.
ProvenanceAcquired by subscription directly from the artist by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.[1]; purchased December 6, 2012 through (Christies, New York, New York,[2]) by (Arader Galleries, New York, New York); purchased June 10, 2013 through (Arader Galleries, New York, New York) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | [1] This set was stored in the National Geographic Society’s archive housed in the Society’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. | [2] "The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration," December 6, 2012, Christie’s, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, sale 2603, lot 65
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