The Harriman Collection is unique and unprecedented. The Collection comprises the finest, most important set of Volumes from The North American Indian plus an extremely rare and unique collection of ephemera, books, and original photographs relating to Harriman, Curtis, The North American Indian and/or the Harriman Alaska Expedition. The Collection embodies the essence of Curtis’ thirty-year career and no similar collection exists, nor could it be replicated. The material that complements the volumes adds depth, richness, and context for the Volumes. Included are an extremely rare platinum portrait of Harriman by Curtis, and a vintage Curtis self-portrait from 1899, as well as over thirty rare or unique prints and documents and a complete original three volume set of The Harriman Alaska Expedition in a custom slipcase. For a discerning collector this represents an unparalleled opportunity.
Below is a full catalog of all ephemera pieces included in this remarkable lot.
Curtis Self Portrait, 1899
photogravure
19 x 11 in. (48.26 x 27.94 cm.)
215-1
E.H. Harriman Portrait, ca. 1900
platinum print
7 13/16 x 5 11/16 in. (19.84 x 14.45 cm.), mount: 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33.66 x 23.50 cm.)
215 – 2
The Harriman Set Original Volume I Shipping Slipcase, 1907
215 – 3
Harriman Alaska Expedition Volumes I, II & III, 1901-1904
215 – 4
Flute Boys, Priest, and Maidens, 1920
plate cover envelope
5 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (13.02 x 19.37 cm.), mount: 6 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (16.83 x 21.59 cm.)
215 – 5
Flute Boys, Priest, and Maidens, ca. 1920
silver gelatin print
6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in. (16.35 x 21.43 cm.)
215 – 6
A Cave at Middle Mesa, 1920
plate cover envelope
5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (13.34 x 19.69 cm.), mount: 6 13/16 x 8 3/4 in. (17.30 x 22.23 cm.)
215 – 7
A Cave at Middle Mesa, ca. 1920
silver gelatin print
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (16.51 x 21.59 cm.)
215 – 8
Sia Footgear, 1926
plate cover envelope
5 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (15.08 x 20.16 cm.), mount: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (20.96 x 26.04 cm.)
215 – 9
Sia Footgear, ca. 1926
photogravure
9 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (24.13 x 30.80 cm.)
215 – 10
Chemehuevi House on Colorado River, 1907/1925
plate cover envelope
6 x 7 15/16 in. (15.24 x 20.16 cm.), mount: 8 1/2 x 10 3/16 in. (21.59 x 25.88 cm.)
215 – 11
Sacred Buckskin - Apache
hand-colored photogravure
5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (13.34 x 21.59 cm.), paper: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.13 x 31.12 cm.)
215 – 12
Harriman Expedition (Eskimo Settlement, Plover Bay, Siberia), 1899
Harriman Expeditoin - Eskimo Topek, Plover Bay, Siberia, July, 1899
photogravure
7 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (18.10 x 26.04 cm.)
215 – 22
Harriman Expedition (Bergs Stranded at Low Tide, Near Muir Glacier), 1899
photogravure
7 1/8 x 10 in. (18.10 x 25.40 cm.)
215 – 23
Harriman Expedition (At Lowe Inlet, British Columbia), 1899
photogravure
9 1/2 x 11 15/16 in. (24.13 x 30.32 cm.)
215 – 24
Harriman Expedition - (Untitled Stream), 1899
photogravure
9 1/2 x 11 15/16 in. (24.13 x 30.32 cm.)
215 – 25
Harriman Expedition - (Harriman Glacier, North & South Corner - Proof print), 1899
photogravure
12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.48 x 24.13 cm.)
215 – 26
Harriman Expedition (South Corner and Harriman Glacier, North Corner), 1899
photogravure
12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.48 x 24.13 cm.)
215 – 27
Harriman Expedition (Untitled), 1899
hand-colored photogravure
6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (15.56 x 20.96 cm.), mount: 7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.69 x 25.40 cm.)
215 – 28
Harriman Expedition (Columbia Glacier), 1899
hand-colored photogravure
4 x 6 3/8 in. (10.16 x 16.19 cm.), mount: 7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.69 x 25.40 cm.)
215 – 29
Harriman Expedition (Fjord and Glacier), 1899
hand-colored photogravure
6 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (15.88 x 20 cm.), mount: 7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.69 x 25.40 cm.)
215 – 30
Koskimo Dandy - Kwakiutl (Proof Print), ca. 1914
photogravure
12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (32.07 x 24.13 cm.)
215 – 31
Gyálkum — Koskimo (Proof Print), ca. 1914
photogravure
12 11/16 x 9 1/2 in. (32.23 x 24.13 cm.)
215 – 32
Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition - Coleoptera, 1900
vintage booklet
215 – 33
Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition - The Sphegoidea and Vespoidea, 1900
vintage booklet
215 – 34
Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition - Heteroptera, 1900
vintage booklet
215 – 35
Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition - Notes on the Hepatic Collected in Alaska, 1900
vintage booklet
215 – 36
TNAI Subscription Agreement, Yrae, Set #243, 1911
letter-press printed w/hand-written notations
10 3/8 x 7 15/16 in. (26.35 x 20.16 cm.)
215 – 37
Guildhall Library J.P. Morgan gift/reviews, ca. 1908
12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (32.39 x 24.13 cm.)
215 – 38
The North American Indian Original Prospectus, ca. 1906
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.75 x 24.77 cm.)
215 – 39
Scribner's Magazine - 1905 - Volume 37
vintage volume
215 – 40
Scribner's Magazine - 1906 - Volume 39
vintage volume
215 – 41
Edward Curtis Reference Material - Indian Life and Indian Lore Indian Days of the Long Ago, 1975
contemporary publication
215 – 42
The North American Indian Reference Material - Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian Project in the Field, 2003
contemporary publication
215 – 43
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - Edward Henry Harriman, 1978
contemporary publication
written by John Muir
215 – 44
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - Looking Far North - The Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899, 1982
contemporary publication
written by William H. Goetzmann and Kay Sloan
215 – 45
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - George Bird Grinnell ALASKA 1899 Essays from the Harriman Expedition, 1995
contemporary publication
written by George Bird Grinnell
215 – 46
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced A Century of Change, 1899-2001, 2005
contemporary publication
edited by Thomas S. Litwin
215 – 47
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - George Bird Grinnell The Harriman Expedition to Alaska - Encountering the Tlingit and Eskimo in 1899, 2007
contemporary publication
written by George Bird Grinnell
215 – 48
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition V20 The Nemerteans (1901), 2009
contemporary publication
written by Wesley Roswell Coe
215 – 49
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. XVII. Entomological results (11): Formicidae., 2009
contemporary publication
215 – 50
The Harriman Expedition Reference Material - North American Expeditions, ca. 2009
