Iáhla ("Willow") - Taos
Artist
Edward S. Curtis
(American, 1868 - 1952)
Engraver
Suffolk Engraving Company
(American, active early 20th century)
Datecopyright 1905
Mediumphotogravure on paper
Dimensions21 7/8 × 18 inches (55.6 × 45.7 cm)
Other (Plate): 17 1/2 × 12 3/4 inches (44.5 × 32.4 cm)
Other (Plate): 17 1/2 × 12 3/4 inches (44.5 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2013
Object number2013.2.16.3
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextCurtis photographed Willow wearing a white cotton blanket. In Volume Fifteen, Curtis described seeing the typical clothing of Taos men. “A horseman approaches, swathed in a white cotton sheet, only his face visible. . . . But soon the road is dotted with figures similarly garbed. . . . One realizes that this nevertheless is the Taos type.” Willow was also known as Tony Luhan. Luhan would later marry socialite and author Mabel Dodge, who brought many creative people to Taos village.
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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