Girl and Jar – San Ildefonso

Edward S. Curtis, Girl and Jar--San Ildefonso, 1905, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18
Edward S. Curtis, Girl and Jar--San Ildefonso, 1905, photogravure, sight 16 5⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 in. (12.3 x 31.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18

Artwork Details

Title
Girl and Jar – San Ildefonso
Artist
Printer
Suffolk Engraving Co.
Publisher
Date
1905
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 16 5⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 in. (12.3 x 31.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice
Mediums Description
photogravure
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian
  • Figure female — bust
  • Landscape — New Mexico — San Ildefonso
  • Object — art object — pottery
Object Number
1988.5.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1988.5.18

Artwork Description

Between 1900 and 1930, Edward S. Curtis traveled across the continent photographing more than seventy Native American tribes. The photographs presented daily activities, customs, and religions of a people he called “a vanishing race.” To this end, Curtis often costumed his subjects and set up scenes, mixing tribal artifacts and traditions to match his romanticized vision of the people he studied.


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Carleton E. Watkins, The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite, California, 1861, printed after 1875, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.278
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Carleton E. Watkins, Isaiah West Taber, Half Dome, Yosemite, California, ca. 1870, printed ca. 1875, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.279
Half Dome, Yosemite, California
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Dateca. 1870, printed ca. 1875
albumen silver print
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