The Whaler - Makah

1915

Edward Sheriff Curtis

Associated Names
Edward Sheriff Curtis

Artist, American, 1868 - 1952

The image shows a person standing on a rocky beach. The person is facing the camera holding a large pole over one shoulder. They have high cheekbones, a strong jawline, long dark hair, and are wearing a heavy fur garment down to their ankles. Two large objects are tied to ropes on the pole. The background is misty with a blurry outline of cliffs or dense trees on the horizon. The image has a sepia tone.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 39 × 28.9 cm (15 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 56.6 × 48.1 cm (22 5/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.47

  • Series Title

    The North American Indian

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 16 December 1996; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, bottom left below image in graphite: Whale vol 11-395; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: PW 7184

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