The Vanishing Race
The Vanishing Race
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
breadth of North America, seeking to record with images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous
Category
Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Platinum
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Print the Vanishing Race, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
"The Vanishing Race" is perhaps the most iconic and sought-after photographic print by renowned
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American Photography
Materials
Paper
H 12.5 in W 14 in D 0.75 in
"The only thing more pathetic than Indians on TV is Indians watching Indians...
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
It was, like, a super long time ago that ppl were here, right?
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
They're Coming! Quick! I have a better hiding place for you. Dorvan V
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
You mess with me, you mess with my cousins
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
#fangasm, Pabs was TOTALLY inspired by meeeeeeeee111!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
It was, like, a super long time ago that ppl were here, right?
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Tell Chakotay that we'll brb
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
The Value of Comic Sans
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Beware of the intentions of well meaning Aliens
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
The Away Team Beams Down to What Appears to Be an Uninhabited Planet
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
PRESERVER ONE: Well, looks like we got them all. See, don’t you feel GREAT...
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Yeah... shit's about to go sideways. I'll take you to Amerind. You'll like it...
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Making a b-line to HaidaBucks, Salmonberry Frap #ftw #starbucksFAIL #lol
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
We shall reassert our inherent rights
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
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The Vanishing Race, Signed by Edward S. Curtis, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an extremely scarce gelatin silver print of The Vanishing Race by Edward S. Curtis
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Photography
Materials
Paper
H 24.75 in W 29.75 in D 1 in
Re-invaders
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Spaced Invaders
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
as a vanishing race.
With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
What a Great spot for a Walmart!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
The Vanishing Race
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, seeking to record with images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous inhabitants. No other
Category
Early 20th Century Photography
Materials
Platinum
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Print the Vanishing Race, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
"The Vanishing Race" is perhaps the most iconic and sought-after photographic print by renowned
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Photography
Materials
Paper
H 12 in W 14.25 in D 1 in
#photobombing the Dzunuḵ̓wa. She's gonna be mad
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
#photobombing the Dzunuḵ̓wa. She's gonna be mad
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
peoples as a vanishing race.
With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Skeena, Beam Me Up!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
peoples as a vanishing race.
With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
They're Coming! Quick! I have a better hiding place for you. Dorvan V
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
We come to witness
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Home Coming
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Choke on an Ovoid
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
We shall reassert our inherent rights
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
peoples as a vanishing race.
With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
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BEFORE THE WHITE MAN CAME - PALM CANYON
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
EDWARD CURTIS (1868 - 1952)
BEFORE THE WHTE MAN CAME - PALM CANYON, 1924
Photogravure. Printed title along with 1924 copyright line. Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co., Cambridge Mass.
P...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Return With The Willows - Piegan, 1910
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis
Return With The Willows - Piegan
1910
Photogravure Print
9 x 12 inches
Vintage small format Curtis Volume Photogravure, Volume 6, The North American Indian, on Japa...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) Rare Sepia Photogravure Titled "Spotted Elk - Brule
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sepia photogravure titled "Spotted Elk - Brule" depicting a portrait of Spotted Elk from the Brule tribe.
The photogravure is titled lower left "Spotted Elk - Brule". Printed under t...
Category
20th Century American Native American Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
H 17.75 in W 15.25 in D 0.75 in
Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile, 1921
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis
Chaiwa - Tewa - Profile
1921
Photogravure Print
22 x 18 inches
Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #415, The North American Indi...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Original Edward S. Curtis Photogravure, "The Klamath Hunter" 1923
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a beautiful photogravure showing a Klamath man hunting from a dugout canoe. This image is Plate 458 from Volume 13 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American Indi...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Photography
Materials
Paper
Astina Camp Plate 175
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This is a plate 175 Astina Camp print by Edward Sheriff Curtis. This was one of the first professional photographers of the 20th century and he is internationally famous for his west...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Photography
Materials
Tissue Paper
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Photograph Hopi Weaver, 1899
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
An original platinum print on textured paper by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis titled "Hopi Weaver"(sometimes known as "The Weaver"). Curtis was famed for his work with t...
Category
Antique 1890s American Native American Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
H 11.5 in W 13.5 in D 0.8 in
"Spearing Salmon: Spokan", Sepia Photograph of Indigenous Spearfishing
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Soquel, CA
Silver and sepia tone photographic print of an indigenous spearfisher by Edward Sheriff Curtis, image circa 1901 (American, 1868-1952), as a 1974 copy of (and printed from negatives ...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
H 24.25 in W 18.25 in D 0.75 in
Edward S. Curtis Original Signed and Stamped Silver Toned Platinum Print, 1906
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
An original platinum print on textured paper by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis titled "The Piki Maker"
The print is hand-signed in ink, blind-stamped with Curtis' embos...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American Photography
Materials
Paper
H 13.5 in W 11.5 in D 1 in
Whaling Crew - Cape Prince of Wales, pl. 709
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Dallas, TX
Printed plate number, Curtis's title, date, copyright, and photogravures by John Andrews and Son on recto.
Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder tissue
Known for his remarkable documen...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Photogravure
H 15.25 in W 19 in D 0.1 in
A Painted Tipi
By Edward Curtis
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Goldtone photograph on glass printed with permission from his foundation in 1999-2000 from his negatives.
Frames were reproduced in the same style used by Curtis.
Signed(etched on g...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Photography
Materials
Glass
"Ogalala Woman" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of an Ogalala woman by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 94 from Supplementary Portfolio 3 of Edward Curtis' epic project The North American...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Photography
Materials
Paper
"Wildflowers" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Signed Goldtone; 8" x 10"; Taos, 1914; also titled "Pueblo Belle, First Mesa"; published in "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 110. This piece is in the original fr...
Category
Vintage 1910s Photography
Materials
Other
"Bear's Teeth - Arikara" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of Bear’s Teeth of the Arikara tribe by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 154 from Supplementary Portfolio 5 of Edward Curtis' epic project ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Photography
Materials
Paper
Buffalo Dance At Hano, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis
Buffalo Dance At Hano
1904
Photogravure Print
Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #401, The North American Indian, on Japan Tiss...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Photogravure
The Piki Maker, 1906
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis
The Piki Maker
1906
Photogravure Print
22 x 18 inches
Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #432, The North American Indian, o...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Photography
Materials
Photogravure
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