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Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Vanishing Race (Navajo)1904

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of four silhouetted riders on horseback moving away along a pale sandy path, dark mesa looming in the background
Artist or Maker
Edward Sheriff Curtis
United States, 1868-1952
Title
The Vanishing Race (Navajo)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1904
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 5 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (14.76 × 19.84 cm) Primary support: 5 13/16 × 7 13/16 in. (14.76 × 19.84 cm) Secondary support: 6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (15.56 × 20.64 cm) Secondary support (Tertiary): 9 × 11 in. (22.86 × 27.94 cm) Mat: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.32 × 50.48 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.579
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Road Trip: Photography of the American West: Photographies XIXe-XXIe Siècles du Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Bordeaux: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, 2014.