EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

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EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952)

The Oath - Apsaroke (c. 1908)

Orotone. 1920. Signed, copyright insignia and annotated L.A. on the image. 17 x 14in. In an original Curtis Studio L.A. frame with original Curtis Studio descriptive paper label and Curtis Studio Biltmore Hotel bronze plaque affixed to the reverse of the frame.

來源

Purchased from the Curtis Studio at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles between 1920-25
given to a descendant of the family in 1986
to the present owner in 1994

出版

The North American Indian 1907-30, Volume 4, frontispiece; Visions of a Vanishing Race, p. 135 (there titled Prayer to the Mystery); Curtis' Western Indians, p. 92 (there called Slow Bull Taking Oath and (incorrectly) Ogalalla Sioux).

拍品專文

Curtis wrote of this image: A Crow picture, illustrating the striking and dramatic form of oath of this plains tribe. A buffalo skull was placed in the front and across the skull an arrow with a fragment of buffalo meat at its point. The man making the declaration would extend the arrow to the sky. The thought being that should there be an untruth in his statement the angry Gods would destroy his life with a tongue of flame.

Curtis orotones of this image are rare, especially in the larger formats.