A Wichita

Artist Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Engraver Suffolk Engraving Company (American, active early 20th century)

Mediumphotogravure on paper

Dimensions17 7/8 × 22 inches (45.4 × 55.9 cm)
Other (Plate): 13 3/4 × 16 3/4 inches (34.9 × 42.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013

Object number2013.2.19.3

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. Near the end of his project, he traveled to Oklahoma. He photographed several tribes that the U.S. government had settled in Indian Territory, such as the Wichita. The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes is the tribal name today.

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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