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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Curtis, Edward S. Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1868 - 1952 Biography: Edward S. Curtis American, 1868 - 1952Edward Sheriff Curtis, born near White Water, Wisconsin, was a well-established commercial photographer before he undertook his best known work shortly before the turn of the century. Working first as photographer for the Edward H. Harriman expedition in Alaska (1899), he later secured the endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt and the support of J. P. Morgan for an extensive anthropological and photographic study of Native Americans. Curtis's work from 1906 -- 20 resulted in The North American Indian and eventually generated 40,000 negatives, of which 1,200 were presented in gravure form in the 20 volumes and 20 accompanying portfolios of his study. Although his intentions were anthropological and scholarl -- to preservethe appearance and customs of a dying race -- Curtis nevertheless was affected by the artistic styles of his time. His portraits and tableaux were often strongly pictorialist, as their presentation on imported papers and in rarefied media such as orotonewould suggest. His scientific aims were frequently undercut by a personal interpretation of his subjects, to whom he often supplied costumes and props. Time has proved Curtis, in this era of his career, equally an artist and an anthropologist. His later work in Los Angeles, which deserves further study, focused on Hollywood and the world of movies. T.W.F. Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Edward S. Curtis Title: Cañon de Chelly - Navajo Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1904 Creation End Date: 1904 Creation Date: 1904 Object Type: Photographs Classification Term: Photography Materials and Techniques: platinum print Dimensions: Image: 31.5cm x 41.8cm Inscriptions: Written in black ink on recto: "Curtis [signed]" AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1987.182 Credit Line: Gift of Kathryn Arns May in memory of Mary Moore Arns Copyright: Copyright ? E.S. Curtis Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html AMICA ID: CMA_.1987.182 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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