Makah Indian Whalers

1910

Asahel Curtis

Associated Names
Asahel Curtis

Artist, American, 1874 - 1941

The image depicts three men standing on a sandy beach. They are positioned shoulder to shoulder, facing the camera. The man on the left wears a hat and has a mustache. He is dressed in dark trousers, a shirt, and is barefoot. He holds a large rectangular object. The middle man has dark hair, a striped shirt, and a dark cloth wrapped around him. The man on the right has short hair, a turtleneck sweater, trousers tucked into boots, and holds a rectangular object. The background shows a dense forest along the coastline. The ground is wet, indicating proximity to the water.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.9 × 21.6 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 18.1 × 28 cm (7 1/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.173


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: MAKAH INDIAN WHALERS; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: AC 001 Curtis; bottom center: AC/1011


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