Art of the Week

2016-May-8 Assiniboin Mother and Child by Edward S. Curtis

2016-May-8 Assiniboin Mother and Child by Edward S. Curtis

Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: Assiniboin Mother and Child, plate #632
Date: n.d.
Accession #: 2009.11.632
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
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 Photographer: In April of 1906, Curtis lost many pieces of equipment and cameras, worth over thousands of dollars, when his storage building was destroyed by an earthquake and fire in Seattle, Washington. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)

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