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Herman Cohen Stuart
Tronies: A Surprising Link Between Edward S. Curtis and the Art of Painting
Some of Curtis's portraits bear a resemblance to "tronies," which were 17th-century paintings by artists such as Rembrandt and Rubens.
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Shawnee Real Bird
Shadow Catcher - Reunion with My Apsáalooke Ancestors
I realize this is Timber Leader's very first time seeing an image of his uncle and grandfather; they breathe life into him.
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Tamara Stands and Looks Back - Spotted Tail
Chief John Spotted Tail: "Legacy Returned" and The Tale of Two Families
Chief John Spotted Tail exudes strength and dignity, adorned in traditional regalia including a warrior shirt and headdress.
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Tim Greyhavens
New Book about The North American Indian is Filled with Data and Facts
Since the rediscovery of Edward Curtis's work in the 1970s, scholars, collectors, and others have published at least 65 English-language...
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Coleen Graybill
South Dakota Sun Dance & Red Hawk Descendant
Meet Vanessa Red Hawk, descendant of Chief Red Hawk photographed by E.S. Curtis in "An Oasis In The Bad Lands."
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Tim Greyhavens
Curtis Colleagues: Alexander Upshaw
A look at the life of Alexander Upshaw, a Crow Native who survived the Indian Boarding School ordeal and worked as a translator for Curtis.
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Tim Greyhavens
Curtis Colleagues: William E. Myers
A brief biography of William E. Myers (1877-1949), Curtis's primary assistant on The North American Indian project.
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Tim Greyhavens
Three Take-Aways from the Recent Curtis Mega-Auctions
Our perspective on two huge auctions of Curtis prints, books, documents, and ephemera that took place at the end of June 2021.
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Janet Steins
Reprint Editions and Other Important Reproductions of The North American Indian
Some thirty years after the final volume of Edward Curtis's The North American Indian appeared, knowledge of and interest in Edward...
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Tim Greyhavens
A Brief History of Curtis Orotones, Part 2
This is the second in a two-part series about the Curtis orotones. For part 1, click here. The orotones of Edward S. Curtis are...
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Tim Greyhavens
A Brief History of the Curtis Orotones, Part 1
“We all know how beautiful the stones and pebbles in the limpid brook of the forest where the water absorbs the blue of the sky and the...
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