170301-01 A Chukchansi Yokuts - Edward Curtis Photogravure
16 1/8" x 12 1/8" full sheet
Tissue
Minor tissue loss at top 3/8" per photo.
From Copyright Photograph 1924 by ES Curtis
Published by Suffolk Eng. Co., Cambridge Mass.
Artist Comments: "The Chukchansi, one of the northern divisions of the Yokuts, occupied the headwaters of Fresno river and the northern tributaries of the San Joaquin, in Madera county, California."
Outstanding original photogravure on tissue paper (likely Japanese tissue paper) Titled: "A ChukchansiYokuts" by important American photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Curtis became one of America's finest photographers and ethnologists and is best known for his monumental, 30-year project photographing and documenting Native Americans of North America. Upon its completion in 1930, the work, entitled The North American Indian, consisted of 20 volumes, each containing 75 hand--pressed photogravures and 300 pages of text. Each volume was accompanied by a corresponding portfolio containing at least 36 photogravures.