The King of the Seas in the Hands of the Makahs

1910

Asahel Curtis

Associated Names
Asahel Curtis

Artist, American, 1874 - 1941

This is a photograph of a beached whale with a group of people gathered around it on a coastal beach. The foreground shows the large body of the whale on the wet sand of the shore, with several figures inspecting or attending to it. In the background, there are calm waters, a distant forested shoreline, and a partly cloudy sky. The shadows of the figures and the whale on the wet sand create a reflective effect.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.8 × 23.9 cm (7 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.1 × 35 cm (11 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.172

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left printed in black ink below image: Copyright, 1910, by Asahel Curtis.; bottom center: THE KING OF THE SEAS IN THE HANDS OF THE MAKAHS; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: AC 002 Curtis; bottom center: AC/1007

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