Edward Curtis; Beginning of the Alter-Cheyenne ancient measuring 42” x 30”

measuring 42” x 30”

Crafted from natural agates

working in styles ranging from wildly energetic cartooning to moody photorealism

Year: 1959

Image Size: 18" x 22

Edward Curtis; Beginning of the Alter-Cheyenne ancient measuring 42” x 30”One of the great chroniclers of the American Southwest, Edward Curtis's writings and photography captured the culture, lore and spirit of the Native American tribes before they were displaced by American expansion. Curtis would set out for months on foot and horse to document the lives of Native Americans, living amongst them while creating his comprehensive work The North American Indian, hailed by the New York Herald as "the most ambitious