About the Artwork
A Chipewyan Tipi among the Aspens
1926
Edward Sheriff Curtis (Artist) American, 1868-1952 Suffolk England Company (Printer) American, active 1910-1930
Photogravure printed in sepia ink on cream wove paper
Image: 15 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (39.4 × 29.2 cm) Plate: 17 1/2 × 12 7/8 inches (44.5 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 22 × 17 7/8 inches (55.9 × 45.4 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Mary Martin Semmes Fund
75.68
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: Plate 616 Inscribed, in plate, lower left: A CHIPEWYAN TIPI AMONG THE ASPENS Inscribed, in plate, lower center: From Copyright Photograph 1926 by E.S. Curtis Inscribed, in plate, lower right: Photogravure Suffolk England Co. Cambridge, Mass.
Provenance
1972, The Halsted Gallery (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Edward Sheriff Curtis, A Chipewyan Tipi among the Aspens, 1926, photogravure printed in sepia ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, 75.68.
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