Edward S. Curtis "The Mush Basket - Karok" Original Photogravure, 1923

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An original photogravure from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian. The Mush Basket - Karok shows a Karok woman … Read more An original photogravure from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian. The Mush Basket - Karok shows a Karok woman seated outdoors in a basket cap and long strands of beads, stirring acorn mush in a large twined basket with a wooden paddle, with a flat basket tray and stones at her side and grape leaves filling the background. The Karok, now spelled Karuk, live along the Klamath River in northwestern California. Curtis made the photograph in 1923, and it was published in 1924 in Volume 13, which covers the Hupa, Yurok, Karok, Wiyot, Tolowa and Tututni, Shasta, Achomawi and Klamath.

From Volume 13, facing page 86. Printed on Holland Van Gelder, one of the three papers used for the original subscriber sets. Titled in the plate lower left (THE MUSH-BASKET - KAROK), with "From Copyright Photograph 1923 by E.S. Curtis" in the plate below the image. The plate mark shows around the image.

Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.

Provenance: the Christopher G. Cardozo Collection. The collection's inventory number and the title are written in pencil on the verso.

A vintage impression from the original publication, not a later restrike. Sold unframed, ready to mat and frame. See less