Sale 9754
New York
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4 October 2001
Price realised
USD 7,050
Estimate
EDWARD S. CURTIS The Vanishing Race, Navaho Orotone. 1904. Signed and copyright insignia in the image; Curtis Seattle Studio paper label affixed to the reverse of the later backing board. 10½ x 13½in. (26.6 x 34.3cm.) In an original Curtis Studio frame.
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See: Curtis, The North American Indian, Portfolio 1, pl. 1.
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