Grinding Medicine - Zuni
- Medium
- Photogravure
- Dimensions
- 23" x 19"
$1,500
About this piece
“Grinding Medicine (Zuni)” is an original Edward Curtis photogravure for sale from The North American Indian, a quiet interior scene of Zuni Pueblo life in which the labor of preparing medicine becomes a study in concentration and grace. Curtis’s tonal subtlety turns an ordinary act into something reverent, and the print’s velvety mid-tones come directly from the hand-pulled photogravure process on the original copper plates, the mark of an authentic Curtis, not a reproduction. At 23” x 19”, it offers rich detail and a contemplative mood. Because it comes from one of only four known volumes made from Curtis’s original plates, this is a genuine collector’s piece: an Edward Curtis original print prized both as museum-quality early twentieth-century photography and as an intimate record of Zuni daily life.
Edward Curtis
Historical
Art Source Collective is proud to offer original Edward Curtis photogravure prints from one of four known volumes of prints made from the original copper plates. These rare photographs document indigenous peoples of North America with remarkable artistry and sensitivity.
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