Artist: Edward S Curtis (1868 - 1952)
Nationality: American
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Edward Sheriff Curtis grew up in a small country town in Minnesota where he father was the reverend. As a teenager, he built his first camera from scratch. When the Curtis family moved to the Washington territory in 1892, he got married and bought a photographic studio in Seattle. After the business became very successful, Curtis traveled to Los Angeles and opened photographic studios on La Cienga Boulevard and in the Biltmore Hotel. Despite his success in portraiture, he is most well known for his photographs of Native Americans. He produced the twenty-volume manuscript, The North American Indian that contained information and photographs of more than one hundred tribes.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Mom and Dad Curtis, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1920s, Orotone
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My Father E. Curtis, inventor of Gold Tone Process, at Our Home In Seattle, Washington, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1920s, Orotone
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’Ten Commandments’, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , Cyanotype
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Mom and Dad on their Anniversary, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1920s, Orotone
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Hoh Type, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure
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Hoh Profile, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure on paper
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Hooper Bay Man, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Artist: Edward S. Curtis Title: Nayenezgani - Navaho Date: about 1904 Medium: photogravure Dimensions: H.7-5/16
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Artist: Edward S. Curtis Title: Klickitat Basketry Date: about 1909 Medium: photogravure Dimensions: H.5-5/16 x
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Artist: Edward S. Curtis Title: A Pima Home Date: about 1907 Medium: photogravure Dimensions: H.5-5/16
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Artist: Edward S. Curtis Title: Mohave Still Life Date: about 1907 Medium: photogravure Dimensions: H.5-5/16
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Artist: Edward S. Curtis Title: White Man Runs Him Date: about 1908 Medium: photogravure Dimensions:
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A Skokomish Camp, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure
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Cree Tipis, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1926, Photogravure
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Lahkeudup - Skokomish, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure
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Cowichan Warrior, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure
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A Clayoguot Woman, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1915, Photogravure on paper
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Kenowun, Nunivak, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Nasurethur - Chipewyan, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1926, Photogravure on paper
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A Washo Woman, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1924, Photogravure on paper
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At the Farm, Seattle, Washington, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1920s, Orotone
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Tsahwismia - Nootka, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1915, Photogravure on paper
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Nunivak Youth, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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A Nootka Belle, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1915, Photogravure on paper
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Ukowuhhuh, Hooper Bay, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Dahchihtok, Nunivak, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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The Altar - Cheyenne, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1910, Photogravure on paper
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Cowichan Housefront, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure on tissue
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Cheyenne Matron, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1910, Photogravure on tissue
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A Primitive Camp, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure on tissue
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Siluk, Diomede, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on tissue
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Jukok, Nunivak, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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A Hopi Man, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1921, Photogravure on vellum paper
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Untitled, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1919-25, Gelatin-silver print
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Artist: Edward S. Curtis Title: Hasen Harvest - Qahatika Date: about 1907 Medium: photogravure Dimensions:
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Shores of Puget Sound, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1898, Photogravure
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Goathair Blanket - Cowichan, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure
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A Favorite Cheyenne Costume, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1911, Photogravure
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Hop Pickers - Puget Sound, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1898, Photogravure
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Basket Maker - Skokomish, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure
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Woman’s Costume - Cheyenne, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1927, Photogravure on paper
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Hopi, Watching the Dancers
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Waterproof Parkas, Nunivak, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Gathering Tules - Cowichan, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure on tissue
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Drying Tules - Cowichan, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure on tissue
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Drying Walrus Hide, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Waterproof Parkas, Nunivak, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Qamutsun Village - Cowichan, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1912, Photogravure on tissue
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Tsawatenok Tree Burial, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1914, Photogravure on paper
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Island of the Dead - Wisham, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1909, Photogravure on paper
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Old Woman Mourning - Yuki, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1924, Photogravure on paper
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White Weasel - Ponca, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1927, Photogravure on paper
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Procession of San Estevan - Acoma, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1904, Photogravure on paper
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Self-Portrait, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1899, printed circa 1930, Photogravure
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Cheyenne Female Type, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1911, Photogravure on tissue
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Oksiwik, Cape Prince of Wales, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on tissue
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Duck-Skin Parkas, Nunivak, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , 1928, Photogravure on paper
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Northwest Coast, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , circa 1927, Gelatin-silver print
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Northwest Coast, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , circa 1927, Gelatin-silver print
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Northwest Coast, Edward Sheriff Curtis (United States, 1868 - 1952) , circa 1927, Gelatin-silver print

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (33)
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Australian Center for Photography: Polixeni Papapetrou: AUTHORITY, Andrew Curtis: VOLT, Darren Sylvester: WE CAN DO ANYTHING, Joachim Froese: RHOPOGRAPHY
In a series of photo-digital triptychs Polixeni Papapetrou compares the motifs of aristocratic power in Renaissance Europe with the designer-name tee shirts of contemporary urban culture worldwide. The work questions the apparent democratisation o...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Photogravure: Photographs in Ink
Photographers who have used this process include P. H. Emerson, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward S. Curtis, Paul Strand, Lee Friedlander, and Bernice Ficek-Swenson. This exhibition features about 75 photogravures, ...
Oakville Galleries: Walk Ways: At Centennial Square and in Gairloch Gardens
Artists: Francis Alÿs, Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni and Paul Ramirez-Jonas, Mowry Baden, Jim Campbell, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Hamish Fulton, Sharon Harper, Martin Kersels, Tom Marioni, Matthew McCaslin, Curtis Mitchell, François Mo...
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts: City of Perth PhotoMedia Award 
Exhibiting artists include Danica Chappell, Anthony Curtis, Simon Cuthbert, Christian de Vietri, Allison Gibbs, Michael Gray, Siri Hayes, Martin James Hurley, Derek Kreckler, Belinda Mason Lovering, Kate McMillan, Graham Miller, Tony Nathan, Conor...
Esso Gallery: What Am I Doing Here? (A Political Exhibition)
Already two countries have been destroyed and with them their culture (our culture) and their art. This involves us and demonstrates that who ever is governing this world is not interested in people, in their dignity, in their culture and least of...
Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre: 2005 Ranamok Glass Prize
Finalists include: Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Christian Arnold, Nicole Ayliffe, Joanna Bone, Lee Brogan, Rozlyn de Bussey, Emma Camden, Scott Chaseling, Cobi Cockburn, Rod Coleman, Scott Coleman, Matthew Curtis, Tali Dalton, Evelyn Dunstan, Nicola Edwar...
photo san francisco, Stephen Cohen Gallery: The First Annual San Francisco Photographic Print Exposition Opens Today
Collectors, curators, and photographers will have an extraordinary opportunity to view thousands of images. The fair is organized by Stephen Cohen, organizer of photo l.a., The Lo...
photo l.a. 2000: 9th LOS ANGELES PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT EXPOSITION
Works by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogen Cunningham, Edward S. Curtis, Michael Kenna, Andre Kertesz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray, Sebastian Salgado, Josef Sudek, Weegee, Edward Weston an...
Bishop’s University Art Gallery: The Art of Persuasion: The Echenberg Collection
The opening of the exhibition will be held on Wednesday, May 2, 2001, from 5pm to 7pm at the Bishop’s University Art Gallery. Mr. Edwin Echenberg will be present at this celebration an...
City Gallery Wellington: Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand
From an 18 metre long glistening glitter carpet by Hamilton artist Mark Curtis to Ralph Hotere's White Drip: from a working ice-skating rink by Wellington artist Maddie Leach to a new interactive work by Ronnie van Hout, Telecom Prospect 2004 has ...
Tate Britain: A Century of Artists' Film in Britain
The displays bring together a wide span of artists from early filmmakers such as Humphrey Jennings and Norman Mclaren to recent Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen, and key conceptual and structural filmmakers of the 70s, scratch video artists and ...
Tacoma Art Museum: Seventh Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise
Works in the exhibition examine a variety of constructed spaces, such as a living room, a city, or a psychological space that may exist only in the mind. Whether they exist in the environment or in the mind, these works explore the idea that const...
Museum of Modern Art: Kubrick at MoMA: A Gift Revisited
Born in The Bronx in 1928, Stanley Kubrick was hired as a photographer by Look magazine while still a teenager. He turned to filmmaking in the early 1950s, directing three nonfiction shorts, followed by the features Fear and Desire (1953)...
photo san francisco, Stephen Cohen Gallery: photo san francisco 2001 Opens Tomorrow
Works by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogen Cunningham, Edward S. Curtis, Michael Kenna, Andre Kertesz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray, Sebastian Salgado, Josef Sudek, Weegee, Edward Weston an...
Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian: 150 Years of Photography from the National Museum of the American Indian's Archive on View in New York
If there is one dimension of the vast National Museum of the American Indian collection that helps us understand why we are who we are—that brings into focus, literally, the history of the Native peoples...
Denise Bibro Fine Art: Nancy Baker: Duck and Cover Drill
Baker presents a world on the verge of self-destruction, a warning and admonition to humankind-a contemporary version of Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. Duck and Cover Drill refers to the safety precautions taught to school children...
Columbus Regional Airport Authority: Today is Tomorrow's History to Feature Ron Anderson
Ron Anderson and his wife, Robin Anderson, both would like express their appreciation for the invitation that was extended to Ron to be a part of this outstanding program. A number of prominent local members of the Columbus community are featured, in...
International Center of Photography: The Open Book: Photographic Publications 1878 to the Present
The Open Book chronicles the art of the photographic book in the twentieth century. This is the •rst museum exhibition to present these publications on their own merits, rather than as a supplement to the main attraction: the photographic print....
National Gallery of Art: Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L.
From its beginnings, Gemini has introduced cutting-edge methods of fabrication to realize the visions of its invited artists, said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. We are pleased to present these innovative works by some of t...
Binney and Smith Gallery, Banana Factory: Native American Potter Lawrence Namoki
“Lawrence uses only clay native to Hopi land, natural dyes for the painted surface of his works and the traditional Hopi firing process using sheep dung,” says Banana Factory Director Diane LaBelle. “Anyone who visits the Banana Factory while he’...
photo san francisco, Stephen Cohen Gallery: Third Annual San Francisco Photographic Print Exposition at Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center
Collectors, curators, and photographers will have an extraordinary opportunity to view thousands of images. The fair is organized by Stephen Cohen, organizer of photo l.a., the Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition which celebrated it’s eleve...
photo san francisco, Stephen Cohen Gallery: Fourth annual San Francisco Photographic Print Exposition Opens Today
Collecting Seminars are held before public hours, at 9 a.m., and are limited to 30 people. This year seminar hosts are Keith Davis, of The Hallmark Collection, Robert Flynn Johnson, curator in charge of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at T...
Frye Art Museum: Pioneer Women Photographers: Myra Albert Wiggins, Adelaide Hanscom Leeson, Imogen Cunningham, and Ella E. McBride
Myra Albert Wiggins is perhaps the earliest internationally known artist from the Northwest. She studied painting under some of the finest American artists of the day including John H.Twachtman (1853-1902) and William Merrit Chase (1849-1916), wh...
Bayly Art Museum: Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium
The special exhibition Hindsight/Fore-site: Art for the New Millennium opens to the public on Saturday, June 17. Curated by Dr. Lyn Bolen Rushton for the Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia, the exhibition features site-specific piec...
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: Chair Show 4 and Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs
In honor of this most affable and universal of furniture pieces, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, presents The Chair Show 4 and Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs from February 2 – April 7, 2002. The exhibitions feature the ...
Camera Club of New York: Call for Artists: National Photography Competition
Juror
During a 40-year career, photographer Larry Fink has explored the human condition from myriad angles—and always with a human touch. Among his publications are Somewhere There's Music (Damiani, 2006), The Forbidden Pictures (powerHouse, ...
Crow Collection of Asian Art: Treasures From an Unknown Reign: Shunzi Porcelain
Until the 1980s, Shunzhi's reign had been neglected by scholars and researchers in China and the West. During this era, exports were greatly reduced and Imperial porcelain was not produced. However, scholarly findings and a series of exhibiti...
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries - Nottingham Castle: Through the Surface: Celebrating Cultural Exchange and Collaboration Between Britain and Japan
THROUGH THE SURFACE is the next step, a collaborative project, building upon the relationships established during ‘Textural Space’. Both projects have been organised by Lesley Millar, originated through, & supported by, The Surrey Institute of Ar...
Vancouver Art Gallery: Expanding Horizons : Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918
"The revolutionary approach of Expanding Horizons makes a major contribution to the understanding of landscape art in North America," said Kathleen Bartels director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. "The Gallery is proud to offer visitors the first op...
Jewish Museum: Tenth Annual New York Jewish Film Festival
Several directors will be in New York during the festival to introduce their fi1ms, including Pierre Grimblat (Lisa), Paula Levine (Convergence), Peter Forglics (The Maelstrom - A Family Chronicle), Gilles Bourdos (Disparus), and Rod Freedman (Unc...
photo L.A.: The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
This is an unparalleled opportunity for collectors, curators and the curious to view thousands of images from all over the world. Over 6000 people attended last year...
Delaware Art Museum: An American Century of Photography: From Dry-plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen: 47th Annual Film Festival Opens Thursday
The International Jury: Pierre Bongiovanni, Director of the Centre de Recherche Pierre Schaeffer CICV, France
Haile Gerima, Filmmaker, Eritrea/USA
Nicole Gingras, Curator, Canada
Laima Slava, Journalist, Latvia
Pimpaka Towira,...

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Edward S. Curtiss North American Indian (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Edward S. Curtis Gallery - North American Indian Photogravures and Photographs
EDWARD SHERRIF CURTIS BIOGRAPHY
American Masters . Edward Curtis | PBS
Christopher Cardozo Fine Art
Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
American Masters - Edward Curtis: Dialogue
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