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Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis
(1868 - 1952)
Date1900
MediumPhotogravure
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.28.266
Accession number
2005.28.266
DescriptionPlate 266On View
Not on viewLabel TextBetween 1907 and 1930, Edward S. Curtis photographed hundreds of Native Americans from tribes across the United States. Curtis’s stated goal was documentary: “to catalogue how Indians lived prior to contact with the white man,” yet he found his subjects living primarily on reservations. His romantic, pictorial style and sepia-toned printing conveys nostalgia for the past, which appealed to audiences of the time. Despite the staged nature of some of his photographs, Curtis’s work remains an important record of individuals.