Fish Spearing-Clayoquot

1915

Edward Sheriff Curtis

Associated Names
Edward Sheriff Curtis

Artist, American, 1868 - 1952

The image displays a person inside a canoe, holding a long wooden pole in a body of water. The person is partially obscured but appears to have short, textured hair. They wear a knee-length garment and the canoe is simple, floating on calm water. In the background, there are distant hills or mountains and trees.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 x 20.32 cm (15 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 x 23.65 cm (16 x 9 5/16 in.)
    mount: 55.4 x 42.86 cm (21 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.133.49.1

  • Series Title

    The North American Indian, vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed on sheet, upper left above image in brown ink: Plate 392; printed on sheet, across bottom under image in brown ink: FISH SPEARING - CLAYOQUOT From Copyright Photograph 1915 by E.S. Curtis Photogravure John Andrew & Son; by unknown hand, on mount, lower left in graphite: 392; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: ESC/4901

Wikidata ID

Q64147254

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