Edward S. Curtis

warm-toned, signed in ink and with the photographer's copyright blindstamp in the image, on a brown paper double mount, 1926 (Taschen, p. 662)

This early print is on double-weight paper with a matte surface. It has a range of rich brown and golden tones and is in generally excellent condition. The print offered here is mounted along its top edge to brown paper with a deckled edge. Small circular brown paper remains on the reverse of the bottom portion of the print indicate that it was originally fully mounted. The paper mount is tipped at all four corners to a secondary dark brown mount.
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