Lot 158

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Description:

Edward S. Curtis
(1868 - 1952)
The Piki Maker, 1906
orotone on glass (goldtone)
signed in the negative lower right: Curtis

Negative Date: 1906
Print Date: 1906
Hopi, Southwest

In original period frame.

A classic Curtis photograph of a Hopi woman making traditional flat bread ("Piki"). Piki is cornbread baked in colored sheets of paper-like thinness.

    Provenance:
  • Edward S. Curtis Studio, Seattle
    Private Collection(s)
    The Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1999
  • Dimensions:
  • 10 x 8 in. (25.40 x 20.32 cm.), Frame: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (31.75 x 26.67 cm.)
  • Artist Name:
  • Edward S. Curtis
  • Exhibited:

  • Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian (176 print exhibit), 2000
    Edward S. Curtis: 100 Masterworks, 2016

    Publication History - Print:
    Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Simon & Schuster, 2000, Page 86
    Edward S. Curtis One Hundred Masterworks, Delmonico Books/Prestel Publishing, 2015, Page 89

    Publication History - Image:
    The North American Indian (1907-1930), Portfolio 12, Plate 432
    The North American Indian (1907-1930), Portfolio 1, Plate #1
    Native Nations, Bulfinch Press publisher, 1993, Page 117
    Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Simon & Schuster publisher, 2000, Page 86
    Edward S. Curtis: The Women, Bulfinch Press, 2005, Page 9, 88
    The North American Indian Republication Custom Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2014, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 432
    Edward S. Curtis One Hundred Masterworks, Delmonico Books/Prestel Publishing, 2015, Page 89
    The North American Indian Republication Reference Edition, Christopher Cardozo Fine Art, 2017, Portfolio Volume 3, Plate 432
  • Medium:
  • orotone on glass (goldtone)
  • Condition:
  • This goldtone is in excellent condition overall. There are light, scattered surface scuffs and scratches on the glass surface, which are primarily visible in strong direct light, and typical of Curtis goldtones of this era. The original frame is in excellent condition.

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