Lot Essay
Curtis wrote: In the early morning this boy, as if springing from the earth itself, came to the author's desert camp. Indeed, he seemed a part of the very desert.
Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS
A Son of the Desert
Orotone. 1904. Signed on the image. 10 x 8in. In the original Curtis studio frame.
A Son of the Desert
Orotone. 1904. Signed on the image. 10 x 8in. In the original Curtis studio frame.
Literature
The North American Indian 1907-30, pl. 32; Portraits from North American Indian Life, p. 133.