Lot 49
49
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Details
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Geronimo, Apache

Toned platinum print on heavy textured paper. 1907. Numbered in the negative; signed in ink and embossed copyright credit on the recto; signed in ink by Curtis on the mount. 16½ x 12¼in., tipped to the Van Gelder Holland mount.
Literature
Visions of a Vanishing Race, p. 19; Portraits from North American Indian Life, p. 173; Curtis' Western Indians, p. 60.

Lot Essay

Curtis wrote of this image: This portrait of the historical old Apache was made in March, 1905. According to Geronimo's calculation he was at that time seventy-six years of age, thus making the year of his birth 1929. The picture was taken at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the day before the inauguration of President Roosevelt, Geronimo being one of the warriors who took part in the inaugural parade at Washington. He appreciated the honor of being one of those chosen for this occasion, and the catching of his features while the old warrior was in a retrospective mood was most fortunate.

This image is not published in The North American Indian 1907-30.