CUR-03
Kalispel Type
1910
Photogravure on strong vellum and imperial Japan paper
40 x 28 cm
Photographer’s copyright, title, plate number and Photogravure John Andrew & Son imprint on the recto.
From the original portfolio accompanying “The North American Indian”, Volume XIV, 1924, plate 496.
Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) è nato vicino a Whitewater nello stato americano del Winsconsin, una zona dove gli indiani erano ancora numerosi. Ha ventun anni quando il massacro di Wounded Knee segna la fine della cultura indiana. Inizia a riprendere gli Indiani della riserva di Puget Sound. Nel 1891 si trasferisce a Seattle dove inizia a lavorare in uno studio fotografico del quale successivamente rileva l’attività. Esegue principalmente ritratti realizzati in studio e fotografie di paesaggi. Probabilmente l’idea di raccogliere un’ampia documentazione sulla vita e le tradizioni delle tribù indiane dell’America settentrionale nasce intorno ai primi anni del 1900. Si trattava di documentare con parole e foto la storia, lo stile di vita, le cerimonie, le leggende e i miti delle tribù indiane ancora raggiungibili.
In seguito realizza anche un film sulla vita degli indiani. Nel 1919 si trasferisce a Hollywood dove lavora come direttore della fotografia per gli Studios di Hollywood e realizza le fotografie per film quali l’epopea di Cecil B.De Mille “I Dieci Comandamenti”.
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Beauty Heart & Spirit - Capital University, Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH
By Her Hand: Native American Women, Their Art, and the Photographs of Edward S. Curtis - High Desert Museum, Bend, OR
The Realization of a Dream: the Photographs of Edward Curtis - Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
Edward Sheriff Curtis. Beauty Heart & Spirit - Trout Museum, Appleton, WI
Beyond the Frame: Inland Bounty, the work of Edward S. Curtis in the Columbia River Basin - Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, Wenatchee, WA
Edward Curtis & the North American Indian: Motherland, Tradition, Spirituality - Exhibition in three parts: Tbilisi History Museum (Motherland) / State Silk Museum (Tradition) / Art Palace of Georgia (Spirituality), Tbilisi
Edward S. Curtis: Treasures from The North American Indian - The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Edward S. Curtis. Among the Kwakiutl - Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks - CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
Sacred Legacy - Edward S. Curtis and The North American Indian - VB Photographic Centre, Kuopio
Edward Curtis - Selections From The North American Indian - Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks - Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Mingled Visions: Image from The North American Indian Collection - Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery - Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Edward Sheriff Curtis and Native Americans: Works from The Dorsky Permanent Collection - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (SDMA), New Paltz, NY
Edward Curtis in the Southwest - Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Edward S. Curtis - The North American Indian - Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL
Edward Curtis - FMoPA - Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
Edward Curtis: Visions of Native America - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Edward Sheriff Curtis, la danza della memoria, De Primi Fine Art, Lugano, Switzerland.
Edward S. Curtis From the Sparks Collection, - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Mingled Visions: Selections from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian - Wichita Art Museum WAM, Wichita, KS
Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian - Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian - Amerikahaus, Munich
Edward Curtis: Photogravures from 'The North American Indian' - Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Edward S. Curtis - Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
Considering Edward Curtis: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection - The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Impressões Visuais - CAM - Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba
Edward S. Curtis - Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Posvatný odkaz - GALÉRIA Z, Bratislava
Sacred Legacy. Edward Curtis and the Northamerican Indian - Glyptotheque - Sculpture Museum, Zagreb
Sacred Legacy - Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Sacred Legacy - Edward Curtis and the North American Indians - Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
Edward S. Curtis - Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
Edward S. Curtis - Photographien - Camera Work, Berlin
Edward S. Curtis - Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva
Edward Curtis - Oswald Gallery, Jackson, WY
Edward S. Curtis. L’eredità degli Indiani del Nord America - Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia
Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) - Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Edward S. Curtis - Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia
Edward Curtis - The Shadow Catcher - The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
The Master Prints of Edward S. Curtis - Portraits of Native America - Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
The Master Prints of Edwards S. Curtis - Portraits of Native America - Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Edward S. Curtis - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne
Edward Sheriff Curtis - Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
The North American Indian - Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Images of an Idyllic Past: The Photographs of Edward S. Curtis - Missoula Art Museum MAM, Missoula, MT
Edward Sheriff Curtis - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne
Western Photographics of Edward Curtis - Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), Indianapolis, IN
Edward S. Curtis - Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse
Edward Curtis - Mercer Union - A Centre For Contemporary Visual Art, Toronto, ON
Edward Sheriff Curtis: The North American Indians - University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Edward S. Curtis: Photographer - University Avenue, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Edward Curtis: The North American Indian - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Plates of The North American Indian, by Edward S. Curtis - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH