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Edward S. Curtis — Portfolio III, Plate 95: In the Land of the Sioux
Edward S. Curtis

Portfolio III, Plate 95: In the Land of the Sioux

1905

Evokes the vast landscape of the northern Great Plains, combining Curtis's documentary mission with his pictorialist training to create an image that is both ethnographic record and artistic statement.

Medium
photogravure

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Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio III, Plate 95: In the Land of the Sioux, 1905

Evokes the vast landscape of the northern Great Plains, combining Curtis's documentary mission with his pictorialist training to create an image that is both ethnographic record and artistic statement.

Medium
photogravure
Year
1905
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Documentary, American, Native American, Early Modern, Portrait, Photogravure, Ethnographic

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago