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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.124.6
People
Edward Sheriff Curtis, American (near White Water, Wisconsin 1868 - 1952 Los Angeles)
Title
Before the White Man Came - Palm Cañon
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The North American Indian, 1907-1930
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1924
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285687

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photogravure
Dimensions
image: 39 x 29.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • caption: Plate 508
    [Title, date and photogravure producer also printed below lower edge of image]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York, purchased from Phillip-Argus Ltd. for long term , 1978, gift, 1982. on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1978 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.124.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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