A Home in the Mesquite-Chemehuevi

1924, printed 1926

Edward Sheriff Curtis

Associated Names
Edward Sheriff Curtis

Artist, American, 1868 - 1952

The image displays a shelter made from natural materials, including branches and thatch. A wooden ladder leans against the shelter. Surrounding vegetation and trees, with sparse foliage, fill the scene. The landscape continues into the background.
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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 516; printed, on sheet, across bottom under image in brown ink: A HOME IN THE MESQUITE - CHEMEHUEVI From Copyright Photograph 1924 by E.S. Curtis Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass.; on verso, stamped, lower left in black ink: Bangor Public Library / Bangor, Maine; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: CCI 1685

Wikidata ID

Q64147285

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