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Collections

Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Three Chiefs - Piegan1900

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of three figures on horseback paused beside a narrow stream on a flat, grass-covered plain under a cloudy sky
Artist or Maker
Edward Sheriff Curtis
United States, 1868-1952
Title
The Three Chiefs - Piegan
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1900
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 5 7/8 × 7 5/8 in. (14.92 × 19.37 cm) Primary support: 5 7/8 × 7 5/8 in. (14.92 × 19.37 cm) Secondary support: 6 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (15.56 × 20 cm) Secondary support (Tertiary): 9 × 11 in. (22.86 × 27.94 cm) Mat: 15 13/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.16 × 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.2008.40.580
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.

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