Small Portfolio (23) 19" x 23- ¼" Photogravure Prints from Photogravure Plates from The North American Indian, ... (Total: 23 Items)

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Small Portfolio (23) 19" x 23- ¼" Photogravure Prints from Photogravure Plates from The North American Indian, The Southwest, by Edward S. Curtis, printed by Classic Gravure Corporation, NM, 1980. Small Portfolio of 19" x 23- ¼" photogravure prints (on 100% long fiber cotton, acid free, natural deckle archival paper) from original photogravure copperplates from The North American Indian, The Southwest, 1907 - 1930 Edition: Portfolio One, Portfolio Two, Portfolio Twelve, Portfolio Sixteen, and Portfolio Seventeen, from photographs by Edward S. Curtis, printed by Classic Gravure Corporation, NM, 1980. Hardcover full brown calf, lettered in gilt, in covered boards, cloth-lined with ribbon ties. Folio format, limited to 228 copies, No. 150 (of 99 printed). Excellent, with rubbing to the spine, scuffing and ½" scrape to the Folio cover.

Portfolio One.
1. The Vanishing Race - Navaho, 2. Geronimo - Apache, 3. The Apache, 5. Getting Water - Apache, 7. An Apache Babe, 8. Vash Gon - Jicarilla, 9. Jicarilla Maiden, 10. A Chief of the Desert - Navaho, 12. Nesjájá Hatali - Navaho, 13. A Son of the Desert - Navaho, 14. The Blanket Weaver - Navaho

Portfolio Two.
17. The Burden Bearer - Pima, 18. Qahátika Girl, 20. The Yuma

Portfolio Twelve.
22. Watching the Dancers, 24. A Snake Priest, 26. The Potter

Portfolio Sixteen.
27. Taos Water Girls, 29. Walvía ("Medicine Root") - Taos, 31. At the Well of Acoma

Portfolio Seventeen.
32. The Offering - San Ildefonso, 34. Grinding Medicine - Zuñi, 35. A Zuñi Governor

In May 1979, Curtis's daughters Florence Curtis Graybill and Billy Curtis Ingram visited Santa Fe and passionately endorsed the CGC project.
"We find ourselves quite at a loss to put in words how much the visit to Santa Fe has meant to us. We were especially impressed with how much effort you (CGC) expended to get these images to their present state, those beautiful inks, and the cotton fiber paper made by hand really excited us."

More Information: The Classic Gravure Corporation (CGC) was established to purchase the original 2220 copperplates and to make Curtis' The North American Indian available by subscription only to a discriminating audience. The plates were transported to Santa Fe. Master Printer, Deli Sacilotto, was hired to supervise the printing for this limited edition which was to be a faithful continuation in the original photogravure of Curtis's work : 228 abridged / edited sets to complement the original 272 of 500 previously issued. John Koller was chosen to produce handmade 100% long fiber cotton, acid free, natural deckle archival paper. ES Curtis's signature was incorporated into each folio sheet as the watermark. Rosewell Bookbinding was engaged to produce both the folio and octavo size full leather portfolio cases for the sets, molded after Curtis' original portfolio design, gold stamped with insides covered by fine linen.
(http://www.escurtis.com/ES_Curtis/History_of_Prinitng.html)


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