Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title The Old Cheyenne
Media photolithographic reproduction on paper
Size 13.75 x 9.75 in. / 34.9 x 24.8 cm.

Notes
unsigned; titled and bears inscriptions 'from copyright photograph 1927 E.S. Curtis, Beaux Arts' along bottom and 'Plate 672' upper left; framed with archival mat

Reference
original photograveure illustrated on page 712 in The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios, published by Taschen, 1997

Provenance
private collection, Okanagan
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Sioux Chiefs #15/100
Media digital print on paper
Size 9 x 12 in. / 22.9 x 30.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned; numbered lower right; framed with archival mat

Reference
original photograveure illustrated on page 712 in The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios, published by Taschen, 1997

Provenance
private collection, Okanagan
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Salmon Fishing, Wishham
Media photograveur on paper
Size 5.25 x 7.25 in. / 13.3 x 18.4 cm.

Notes
framed with archival mat

Reference
from the original publication The North American Indian Vol. VIII published in 1911 of the the Yakima, Klickitat, Interior Salishan and Kutenai tribes of the interior; illustrated on page 330 of The North American Indian, The Complete Portfolios, published by Taschen, 1997

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Signal Fire to the Mountain God
Media toned photograph on paper
Dated 1912
Size 13.5 x 10.5 in. / 34.3 x 26.7 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed 'LA' lower right; bears title and date on label attached verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
from a Calgary/Kelowna estate
Estimate CAD$750-$1,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Spearing Salmon #16/25
Media gold tone photograph on paper
Size 9.5 x 7.5 in. / 24.1 x 19 cm.

Notes
signed in plate lower right; bears title and number on label verso; framed

Reference
Curtis Centennial Project - Centennial Edition Gold Tone, this is a 2000 printing of a 1923 negative by the artist

Provenance
from a Calgary/Kelowna estate
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title On the Pend d'Oreille - Kalispel
Media photogravure on paper
Size 5 x 7 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian, Vol. VII, page 112 of the The Yakima, The Klickitat, Salishan tribes of the interior, The Kutenai in 1911

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Untitled - Indian Elder #3/100
Media digital print on paper
Size 13.5 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears number lower right; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Joseph-Nez Perce
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1903
Size 7.25 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$350

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title A Typical Nez Perce
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 5.25 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; unframed; lot includes book The North American Indian with text, all but one photogravure's removed

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Falling on the Land - Cayuse
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Grizzly-Bear Ferocious - Nez Perce
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Kyetani - Wishham
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Mnashwai - Wishham
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Spidis - Wishham
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Three Eagles - Nez Perce
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.25 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$300

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Joseph Dead Feast Lodge - Nez Perce
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1905
Size 5.25 x 7 x 1 in. / 13.3 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; archival mat; unframed

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Wishham Basket Worker
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1909
Size 5.25 x 7.25 x 1 in. / 13.3 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Wishham Young Woman
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1909
Size 7.25 x 3.75 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Canon De Chelly Navajo #55/100
Media digital photograph print on paper
Size 9.5 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears number lower right; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. I in 1911 as well as reproduced on page 58 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Untitled - Dugout Canoe with Baskets and Paddle
Media photograph on paper
Size 5.5 x 7.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 19 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered '830' in plate lower right; signed lower right; embossed artist's chop lower left; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family [Beth Magnuson's husband] attached verso

Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Prayer to the Stars
Media toned photograph on paper
Dated 1906
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in margin; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Homeward #16/25
Media orotone photograph on glass
Dated 1999
Size 7.5 x 9.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 24.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in plate lower left; framed

Reference
Certificate of Authenticity from Christopher Cardoza attached verso; from a 1898 negative; published in The North American Indian Vol. VIIII in 1911 as well as reproduced on page 358 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Estimate CAD$750-$1,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Fasting
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1907
Size 7.25 x 5.25 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Hamasilahl - Qagyuhl
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1914
Size 7.25 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, title and date along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. X in 1911 as well as reproduced on page 409 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Canon De Chelly Navajo #55/100
Media digital print on paper
Size 9.5 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears number lower right; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. I in 1911 as well as reproduced on page 58 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Untitled - Indian Elder #3/100
Media digital print on paper
Size 13.5 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears number lower right; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title The Oath #12/100
Media digital print on paper
Size 13.5 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears number lower right; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VII in 1911 as well as reproduced on page 177 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Hopi Water Carriers
Media toned photograph on paper
Dated 1922
Size 5 x 7.25 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in plate lower left; artist's chop lower left; signed lower right; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol.XII in 1922 as well as reproduced on page 475 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family [Beth Magnuson's husband] attached verso
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Three Mounted Navajo Women and Child on Horseback
Media toned photograph on paper
Dated 1904
Size 6 x 8 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated in plate lower left; embossed artist's chop lower left; framed with archival mat

Reference
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family [Beth Magnuson's husband] attached verso

Estimate CAD$3,000-$3,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Hopi Snake Priest
Media photograph on paper
Dated 1903
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in toned margin lower right; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family [Beth Magnuson's husband] attached verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title The Fisherman
Media photograph on paper
Dated 1909
Size 13.5 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed 'LA' lower right; Curtis Studio, Los Angeles and Pasadena, label attached to backing; bears title and date on label attached verso; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1911 as well as reproduced on page 331 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family [Beth Magnuson's husband] attached verso
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title The Spirit of the Past
Media photograph on paper
Dated 1908
Size 8 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 20.3 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; E.S. Curtis embossed chop with date lower left; bears 'X2758-08' in negative lower left; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. IV in 1909 as well as reproduced on page 191 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family [Beth Magnuson's husband] attached verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Nakoaktok Indian Woman Painting a Hat, B.C. [plate #329]
Media photograph on paper
Size 13 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 33 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears artist's name, date '1914', 'Glenbow Library' and file number 'NA-1700-64' on paper attached verso; modern print

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. X in 1915 as well as reproduced on page 372 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Homeward - Puget Sound
Media platinum photograph on paper
Dated ca.  1898
Size 8.75 x 12 x 1 in. / 22.2 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; negative number in plate and artist's copyright stamp lower left; letter of authenticity from Flury and Company, Seattle, attached verso; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. IX in 1913 as well as reproduced on page 358 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family attached verso
Estimate CAD$3,500-$5,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Hill Top Camp
Media silver photograph on paper
Dated 1904
Size 5.5 x 7.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 19 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; negative number '1238-04' in plate lower left; letter of authenticity from Flury and Company, Seattle, attached verso; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. I in 1907 as well as reproduced on page 51 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Provenance
copy of letter showing provenance from artist's family attached verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Chief of The Land - Kalispel
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1910
Size 7.5 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 19 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, date and title along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Cowichan Warrior
Media photograveur on tissue paper
Dated 1912
Size 7.25 x 5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, date and title along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Entrance To The Painted Cave
Media photograveur on tissue paper
Dated 1924
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, date and title along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title A Chukchansi Woman
Media photograveur on tissue paper
Dated 1924
Size 7.25 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 18.4 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, date and title along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title A Santo Domingo Man
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1925
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, date and title along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Aiyak, Cape Prince of Wales
Media photograveur on tissue paper
Dated 1928
Size 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 19 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed artist's name, date and title along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Untitled - Indian Elder #3/100
Media digital print on paper
Size 13.5 x 9.75 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears number lower right; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title The Scout Apache
Media black and white photograph on paper
Dated ca.  1906
Size 5.5 x 7.5 x 1 in. / 14 x 19 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed L.A. lower right; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. I in 1907 as well as reproduced on page 45 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Estimate CAD$5,500-$6,500

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title On the Beach, Chinook
Media black and white photograph on paper
Dated ca.  1924
Size 6.75 x 5.5 x 1 in. / 17.1 x 14 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
negative number in plate lower left; framed with archival mat

Reference
published in The North American Indian Vol. VIII in 1924 as well as reproduced on page 327 in the Taschen 1997 reprint of The North American Indian

Estimate CAD$3,500-$4,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title The Maid of Dreams
Media toned silver photograph on paper
Dated 1909
Size 7.75 x 5.75 x 1 in. / 19.7 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in ink lower right; printed title and inscription on artist's Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles label verso; some handling marks noted

Reference
the artist moved to Los Angeles in 1919

Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title Charlie Wood - Kobuk
Media photogravure on paper
Dated 1928
Size 15.25 x 11.5 x 1 in. / 38.7 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
bears title, copyright and inscription 'Plate 721' in margins; small rubbing in margin; archival mat

Reference
from Portfolio XX of The North American Indian, by E.S. Curtis on Van Gelder paper; this is from the last portfolio first started in 1907 and finished in 1930

Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Edward Sheriff Curtis
Title An Oasis in the Badlands [Red Hawk, Ogalala]
Media orotone photograph
Dated ca.  1904
Size 11 x 14 x 1 in. / 27.9 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed in plate lower right; in ornate period frame

Reference
'This picture was made in the heart of the bad lands of South Dakota. The subject is the sub-chief, Red Hawk, a sketch of who's life is given on page 188 of Volume III.' E.Curtis

Provenance
private collection, Washington State; by descent, private collection, Southern Alberta
Estimate CAD$10,000-$12,000