An Oasis in the Bad Lands
Artist
Edward S. Curtis
(American, 1868 - 1952)
Engraver
John Andrew & Son
(American (founded 1869))
Datecopyright 1905
Mediumphotogravure on paper
Dimensions18 1/4 × 22 1/4 inches (46.4 × 56.5 cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 17 inches (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Other (Plate): 14 × 17 inches (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013
Object number2013.2.3.6
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextCurtis produced an extraordinary project. He published a set of twenty volumes on The North American Indian. His plan was to photograph all the Indian peoples who kept their traditions. He believed that Indian cultures were disappearing. Curtis devoted over twenty-five years of his life to this work. He visited over eighty tribes. In his photogravure, the subject was Red Hawk, a sub-chief of the Sioux. The setting was “the heart of the Bad Lands of South Dakota.”
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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