EDWARD S. CURTIS

Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Out of the Darkness, Navaho

Orotone. 1904. Copyright insignia in gold ink on the image. 11 x 14in. In the original studio frame with typed title on paper label affixed to the reverse of the frame.
Literature
The North American Indian 1903-30, published in Portfolio 1, pl. 37.

Lot Essay

Curtis described the setting: In Tesarod Canon, a small branch of Canon de Chelly. At the point where this picture was made the gorge is very narrow.