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Edward S. Curtis — Portfolio XVI, Plate 544: Taos Water Girls
Edward S. Curtis

Portfolio XVI, Plate 544: Taos Water Girls

1905

Depicting daily life in the ancient Taos Pueblo, this image combines Curtis's documentary goals with his pictorialist training, creating a scene that is both anthropologically valuable and artistically compelling.

Medium
photogravure

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Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio XVI, Plate 544: Taos Water Girls, 1905

Depicting daily life in the ancient Taos Pueblo, this image combines Curtis's documentary goals with his pictorialist training, creating a scene that is both anthropologically valuable and artistically compelling.

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

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Cultural, Documentary, American, Photograph, Native American, Early Modern, Portrait, Photogravure, Sepia, Figurative

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago