Watching the Dancers
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kolodny
Catalogue
- Year
- 1906
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 39 × 28.7 cm (15 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Mount: 55.5 × 45.5 cm (21 7/8 × 17 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Edward Sheriff Curtis
Artist
Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled the United States to document and record the dwindling ways of life of various native tribes through photographs and audio recordings.
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The North American Indian, pl. 460
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1915 · Photogravure, plate 369 from "The North American Indian, Volume 11" (1916)
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1912 · Photogravure, plate 309 from "The North American Indian, Volume 9" (1913)
New Chest-Piegan
1910 · Photogravure, plate 200 from "The North American Indian, Volume 6" (1911)
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1908 · Photogravure, plate 142 from "The North American Indian, Volume 4" (1909)
Record
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- Edward Sheriff Curtis
- Year
- 1906
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 39 × 28.7 cm (15 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.); Mount: 55.5 × 45.5 cm (21 7/8 × 17 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1906-331689
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified