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Edward Sheriff Curtis : visions of a vanishing race / text by Florence Curtis Graybill and Victor Boesen ; introduction by Harold Curtis ; photographs prepared by Jean-Anthony du Lac.

Title
Edward Sheriff Curtis : visions of a vanishing race / text by Florence Curtis Graybill and Victor Boesen ; introduction by Harold Curtis ; photographs prepared by Jean-Anthony du Lac.
Author
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Publication
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Graybill, Florence Curtis
  • Boesen, Victor
  • University of New Mexico Press
Description
111 p. : ill., ports.; 31 cm.
Summary
"First published in 1976, this book is the classic photographic record of Native American life by one of America's greatest photographers." "From 1904 to 1930, Edward Sheriff Curtis sought out the vanishing tribes of Native Americans with an unwavering passion and dedication. His life's work was to record the faces and lifestyles of the Indians before they vanished forever. He photographed more than eighty tribes, from the Southwest to the Arctic. It was an achievement both poignant and monumental." "For this book, Curtis's daughter, Florence, has selected 175 of her father's greatest photographs. She has also collaborated closely with Victor Boesen to give readers a moving and detailed biography of Curtis's life and work. In addition, there is a memoir of Curtis by his son, Harold."--Jacket
Alternative Title
Visions of a vanishing race
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works
  • Portraits
Note
  • Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1986.
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Harold Curtis -- Foreword / Florence Curtis Graybill -- The photographer and his equipment / Jean-Antony du Lac -- The portfolio photographs / with descriptions by Edward Sheriff Curtis.
ISBN
0826322492 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00033808^
OCLC
  • 44731642
  • SCSB-12641530
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library