id:			522910
accession number:	2022.300
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.300
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Plate 656: Henry-Wichita, 1927. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952). Glass interpositive plate; overall: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Terence and Joyce Isakov 2022.300

title:				Plate 656: Henry-Wichita
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creation date:			1927
creation date earliest:		1927
creation date latest:		1927
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Terence and Joyce Isakov
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culture:	America
technique:	glass interpositive plate
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
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* Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868–1952)  - artist
Edward S. Curtis American, 1868 - 1952

Edward 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 preserve the 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 orotone would 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.
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measurements: Overall: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Terence D. Isakov and Joyce Isakov, Moreland Hills, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 5, 2022-
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