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Edward S. Curtis — Portfolio I, Plate 32: A Son of the Desert - Navaho
Edward S. Curtis

Portfolio I, Plate 32: A Son of the Desert - Navaho

1904

Part of Curtis's monumental documentation project, the photogravure technique creates rich tonal depth in this dignified portrait that reflects the photographer's romanticized vision of Native American subjects.

Medium
photogravure

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Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio I, Plate 32: A Son of the Desert - Navaho, 1904

Part of Curtis's monumental documentation project, the photogravure technique creates rich tonal depth in this dignified portrait that reflects the photographer's romanticized vision of Native American subjects.

Medium
photogravure
Year
1904
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Navaho, Cultural, 20th Century, Sepia Tone, Documentary, American, Portrait, Photogravure, Ethnographic, Indigenous

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago