Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: The Potter Mixing Clay, plate #419
Date: 1921
Accession #: 2009.11.419
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.
Acquired by: Dubuque Cultural Preservation Committee, an Iowa general partnership, consisting of Dr. Darryl K. Mozena, Jeffrey P. Mozena, Mark Falb, Timothy J. Conlon, and Dr. Randy Lengeling
Interesting fact about the Artist: After Edward S. Curtis’ death in 1952, his daughter, Florence, remembered her father as being:
… big, six feet two inches, husky, ruggedly built yet…he had a soft voice with a pleasing tone to it that implored confidence….Like most great men he seemed to have little sense of personal gain. Everything he did was directed toward the main theme of preparing material for the North American Indian [sic] and other writings about the tribes. His life was certainly dedicated to an ideal.
(from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. p.177. Print.)