Frames & Framing: Custom: Portfolio

Edward S. Curtis photogravures

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The following Curtis prints are sold:

Nuktaya - King Island		Marcos - Palm Canyon Cahuilla		Wisham Beadwork
A Southern Diegueno Woman		Selvik Women		A Paviotso Woman of Walker Lake
Lame Deer Monuments - Cheyenne		Andres Canyon - Cahuilla		Chahali, Nunivak
A Paviotso House at Walker Lake		Start of Whale Hunt, Cape Prince of Wales		Ivory Carver, Nunivak

Here is a wonderful selection of original small Edward S. Curtis photogravures (see explanation at right) depicting native American life and culture from the first decades of the twentieth century. All but a few of these are on tissue (we've noted the exceptions) and were printed to be tipped into a book, but never were. As a result, they are very clean and are generally in very good condition — if not the prime condition, which would mean they’d include the pages to which they would have been tipped, that many collectors seek. Also note that because the paper is so light, a few have folds or wrinkles. We have not touched up these images to hide any flaws, and have noted more serious flaws. The translucence of the tissue gives them an intriguing depth.

The framing is all archival, with rag mats (pieces framed close have gasket mats hidden under a widened rabbet to separate the paper from the glass) and ultra-violet filtering glass. Frame designs vary, with some invented just for the piece they're on. They are all in either quartersawn white oak or hand carved walnut.