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Edward S. Curtis

[American Photographer, 1868-1952]

• Also known as:  Edward Sheriff Curtis
• Subject matter:  Specializes in Portraits/the American West.
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Original works by Edward S. Curtis available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 
Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Notable SiteJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Hopi, Watching the Dancers, 1906
The Eclipse Dance, 1910

Notable SiteNew York Public Library Digital Gallery

Notable SiteU.S. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Edward S. Curtis Collection of over 1,000 photographs

Notable SiteU.S. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
The North American Indian - Searchable database of over 2,000 images

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Missouri

Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, Indiana

Canton Museum of Art, Ohio
Canyon De Chelly - Navaho

Canton Museum of Art, Ohio
Oasis in the Badlands

Canton Museum of Art, Ohio
A Piegan Dandy

Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio
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Cheyenne Girl

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma
3 photographs online

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts

Edward S. Curtis in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
Note the link at the bottom of the page to all works in their collection by Edward S. Curtis

National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma
Yellow Hawk - Yanktonai, 1908

Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy (in Italian)  
(Page forward through works by clicking on "FWW")

Palm Springs Desert Museum, California   NEW!
A Desert Cahuilla Woman (Plate 522), 1924

Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts
1 photograph online: Haschelti - Yeibichai (Navajo) (row 3/image 1). Click on the little "i" on the detail images to bring up information about the works.

Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida   NEW!
HOH Type, photogravure, 1912

Edward S. Curtis at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Southern Alleghenies Museum, Pennsylvania

 
Pictures from Image Archives:
Notable SiteWikimedia Commons Image Database  

 
Web Sites Dedicated to the Artist:
ARTSversus (in French)  
La Nation Indienne Nord-Americaine par Edward S. Curtis

 
Miscellaneous Sites:
Northwestern University, Illinois
Hundreds of photographs from the 20-volume series The North American Indian

PBS
Biography, from the American Masters TV series

 
Articles and Reference Sites:
Notable SiteAnswers.com reference works  
The "Art Encyclopedia" entry is from the Concise Grove Dictionary of Art (2002). The "Photography Encyclopedia" entry is from the The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (2005).

Notable SiteUnion List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Notable SiteWikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia

eHow
"How to Recognize Art by Edward S. Curtis" - brief, but has a few useful insights

Resource Library Magazine
Edward Curtis: The North American Indian

Resource Library Magazine
Images of an Idyllic Past

 
Multimedia:
Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Appraisals   NEW!
"Edward Curtis' 1905 'Geronimo,' ca.1920s"

Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Appraisals   NEW!
"'Harriman Expedition' with Edward Curtis Photos, ca.1899"

Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Appraisals   NEW!
"Edward Curtis Orotone"


"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books:Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.            
Search Inside Books:Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.
 
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Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated


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Sacred Legacy


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Sites and Structures: The Architectural Photographs of Edward S. Curtis


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Coming to Light


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The Plains Indian Photographs of Edward S. Curtis


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Native Nations


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Visions of a Vanishing Race


 
 
 
 
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Shows As He Goes
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