Lot Essay
The legend reads: "A striking Navaho type, in whose haughty and majestic expression we can clearly see the spirit of the Navaho people. Proud and independent, ever disdainful of the white man and his ways."
Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS
Chief of the Desert, Navaho
Orotone. 1904. Signed, coyright insignia and annotated L.A. on the image. 14 x 11in. Descriptive text paper label affixed to the reverse of the original Curtis L.A. studio frame.
Chief of the Desert, Navaho
Orotone. 1904. Signed, coyright insignia and annotated L.A. on the image. 14 x 11in. Descriptive text paper label affixed to the reverse of the original Curtis L.A. studio frame.
Literature
The North American Indian 1907-30, Portfolio 1, pl. 26; Visions of a Vanishing Race, p. 115; Curtis: Photographer of the North American Indian, p. 71.