Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: Chief Garfield – Jicarilla, plate #21
Date: 1904
Accession #: 2009.21
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Dimensions: sheet: 22 3/8 x 18 5/16 in., image: 15 11/16 x 11 3/4 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: In the early 1940s, Curtis’ daughters, Florence and Katherine, came to terms with the old age of their father, photographer Edward S. Curtis. As a result, they began writing down their father’s adventure stories of his thirty year trek across the U.S. documenting Native Americans. Curtis would go about his day cooking or driving as one of his daughters would write down his stories in hopes of producing a memoir for their father. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)