Indian Whalers Homeward Bound from the Pacific

1910

Asahel Curtis

Associated Names
Asahel Curtis

Artist, American, 1874 - 1941

The image shows a sepia-toned photograph of a small sailboat on the open sea. The horizon is in the upper third of the image. People are on the boat against a bright sky. The water has gentle ripples, and the sky has large, diffuse clouds. The overall color palette is warm, with shades of brown and beige.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.7 × 24.1 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.7 × 35 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.174

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: INDIAN WHALERS HOMEWARD BOUND FROM THE PACIFIC; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: AC 004 Curtis; bottom center: AC/1013

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