The Son of the Desert - Navaho
- Medium
- Photogravure
- Dimensions
- 23" x 19"
$1,500
About this piece
“The Son of the Desert (Navaho)” is an original Edward Curtis photogravure for sale from The North American Indian, Curtis’s decades-long record of Native life across the continent. The image sets a Navajo subject against the open Southwestern landscape, and Curtis’s handling of light gives the sand, sky, and figure a single unified glow. This is an authentic hand-pulled impression from the original copper plates, the source of the print’s warm sepia depth and delicate tonal range, and the clearest mark of a real Curtis photogravure over a reproduction. Measuring 23” x 19”, it has the scale to anchor a wall while holding fine detail. Drawn from one of only four known volumes made from Curtis’s original plates, it is a true collector’s piece: an Edward Curtis original print prized both as early twentieth-century fine art photography and as an evocative portrait of Navajo life in the desert.
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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