Lot 128
128
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Red Thunder, Nez Percé

Toned platinum print on heavy paper. 1903. Copyright credit, date and 153 in the negative; signed in ink on the recto. 16 5/8 x 13¼in. Framed.
Literature
See The North American Indian, Portfolio VIII, pl. 256 for another study from the sitting; and The Life and Times of a Shadow Catcher, p. 36 and Kopet, pl. 1 for a group portrait with Chief Joseph and Edmond Meany.

Lot Essay

Red Thunder was the nephew of Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé and accompanied him on many of his trips to Washington, D.C. and Seattle to enlist aid for the tribe.

This print is probably the only one extant of this unpublished image.