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Edward Curtis Coming of the Bride Qagyuhl #2300729

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Edward Curtis Coming of the Bride Qagyuhl #2300729
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AW-12490
Edward Sheriff Curtis
"Coming of the Bride" Qagyuhl
Volume 10
plate 337


Full page 22 1/2" wide by 17 1/2" high
Edward Sheriff Curtis photogravure that features Gunhulahla, a masked man impersonating the Thunderbird. He dances with characteristic gesters as the canoe approaches the bride's village.

Circa 1960
$1895.00
Full page measures 17 1/2" wide by 22 1/2" high
Image only measures 15 1/2 " high by 11 3/4" wide
Printed by John Andrews & Son from a copyright 1914 photograph by E.S. Curtis.
All of the photogravures are from one New York collection and are printed on tweed weave paper. They are in pristine museum quality condition. All have plate numbers, title, copyright and publishers signature line.

Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) traveled the United States photographing and recording native Americans at ceremonial occasions and at work. Curtis was sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan. He made orotone photographs with golden overtones created on glass and powered with gold dust and banana oil.

This is a photogravure of an original photograph made in the 1914. A photogravure is a photographic image produced from an engraving plate. The process is rarely used today due to the costs involved, but it produces prints which have the subtlety of a photograph and the art quality of a lithograph. In essence, the production of a photogravure consists of three steps: taking the picture; producing a printing plate of the image; and printing the image on paper. ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1960</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:John Andrews & Son</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:17.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:22.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Edward Curtis Coming of the Bride Qagyuhl</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:sepia</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:tweed weave paper</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:photogravure</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Bakersfield, Ca.</td></tr>
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