Edward S. Curtis was a visual ethnographer most know for his photographs of the American West and of Native American people. In 1906, J. P. Morgan made him offer of US$75,000 to produce a series on the North American Indian. He then went to photograph the American Indian, registering and documenting their way of life. Curtis took more than 40 thousand photographic images from over 80 tribes before the traditional life that characterised them would had had eventually disappeared. Like any other photographer Curtis has been criticised by ethnologists for manipulating his images. It's photographs have been charged with misrepresenting Native American people and cultures by portraying them in the popular notions and stereotypes of the times.
Canyon del Muerto, 1906 (Estimate US$14,000-$18,000 . Sold for US$55,000); The North American Indian. Volumes XIII and XIV (with Canyon de Chelly. Photogravure on a white buff wove paper, 11 1/4x15 1/4 inches (28.6x38.7 cm.), with Curtis's copyright, the printer's name, title and plate number printed on recto. 1904; printed later) (Estimate US$3,000-$4,500 . Sold for US$3,200); White Robe (man on horse), circa 1910 (Unsold); Choice group of 38 large-format plates from The North American Indian (The plates in this group represent Portfolios 6, 12, 14 and 15. They include: 184, 202, 423, 473, 475-476, 478, 484-485, 488-489, 490-497, 499, 506, 510, 514-516, 517, 519-520, 522, 524, 526-527, 530, 532, 535-536, 540 and 543), 1911-1926 (Estimate US$6,000-$9,000 . Sold for US$9,500); Select group of approximately 180 small-format plates from The North American Indian, 1907-1930 (Estimate US$4,000-$6,000 . Sold for US$2,600).
Estimate US$3,000-18,000 (Swann Galleries, NY, October 18th 2011, Lots 39-43)
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