Winter - Apsaroke

1908

Edward Sheriff Curtis

Associated Names
Edward Sheriff Curtis

Artist, American, 1868 - 1952

The image shows a teepee in a snowy woodland. There is a person standing outside the teepee carrying sticks on their back. Surrounding the teepee are tall leafless trees covered in snow. The sky is obscured by the trees and overcast weather. The overall tone of the image is sepia, giving it a vintage feel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 15 × 19.2 cm (5 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 27.6 × 31.7 cm (10 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.49


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 October 1994, lot 303); Paine Webber & Co., New York; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in brown ink: Curtis; lower left printed in negative: x2771-08; lower left embossed: COPYRIGHTED 1908 / BY E. S. CURTIS; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 354 / Make mat Dark


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