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Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Primitive Camp1912

Not on view
Sepia-toned photogravure, a woman in a fiber skirt stands in profile before a woven mat shelter wall, holding a gourd, surrounded by baskets, with a fire burning in the foreground

Edward Sheriff Curtis, A Primitive Camp, 1912, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mark and Pam Story, digital image © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edward Sheriff Curtis
United States, 1868-1952
Title
A Primitive Camp
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1912
Medium
Photogravure on tissue
Dimensions
Image: 6 15/16 × 5 1/4 in. (17.62 × 13.34 cm) Primary support: 8 1/8 × 5 15/16 in. (20.64 × 15.08 cm) Secondary support: 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (32.07 × 24.13 cm) Mat: 14 × 11 in. (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark and Pam Story
Accession Number
AC1997.271.21
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography