The Blanket Weaver - Navaho
Artist
Edward S. Curtis
(American, 1868 - 1952)
Engraver
John Andrew & Son
(American (founded 1869))
Datecopyright 1904
Mediumphotogravure on paper
Dimensions18 3/8 x 22 1/4 inches (46.7 x 56.5 cm)
Other (Plate): 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Other (Plate): 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013
Object number2013.2.1.35
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label Text“In Navajo-land blanket looms are in evidence everywhere. In the winter months they are set up in the hogans.” Hogans are huts of branches and mud. Curtis wrote that during the summer the looms are erected outdoors. “They are under an improvised shelter, or, as in this case, beneath a tree. The simplicity of the loom and its product are here clearly shown, pictured in the early morning light under a large cottonwood.”
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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