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Edward S. Curtis — Portfolio I, Plate 34: The Blanket Weaver-Navaho
Edward S. Curtis

Portfolio I, Plate 34: The Blanket Weaver-Navaho

1904

Documentary photography meets artistic vision in a scene of traditional craft-making, rendered with the subtle gradations possible through the photogravure printing process.

Medium
photogravure

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Edward S. Curtis, Portfolio I, Plate 34: The Blanket Weaver-Navaho, 1904

Documentary photography meets artistic vision in a scene of traditional craft-making, rendered with the subtle gradations possible through the photogravure printing process.

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

Related themes

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

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago