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Curtis Palms Iby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms IIIby Edward S. Curtis
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Curtis Palms IVby Edward S. Curtis
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Curtis Palms Vby Edward S. Curtis
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Curtis Palms VIby Edward S. Curtis
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Curtis Tulips Iby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IIby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IIIby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IVby Edward S. Curtis
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Curtis Tulips VIby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips VIIby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips VIIIby Edward S. Curtis
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Curtis Tulips IXby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety VIby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety VIIby Edward S. Curtis
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Tropical Variety IXby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange IIIby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange Vby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange VIby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange VIIby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange VIIIby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Magnolia Iby Edward S. Curtis
32" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Peony Blush Iby Edward S. Curtis
32" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Peony Blush IIby Edward S. Curtis
32" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Carnelian Blooms Iby Edward S. Curtis
29" x 36" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety VIIIby Edward S. Curtis
28" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Antique Rhododendron Iby Edward S. Curtis
27" x 37" Framed Artwork Frame
Antique Rhododendron IIby Edward S. Curtis
27" x 37" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Gems Iby Edward S. Curtis
24" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Gems IIby Edward S. Curtis
24" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Gems IIIby Edward S. Curtis
24" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Gems IVby Edward S. Curtis
24" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Gems Vby Edward S. Curtis
24" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms IIby Edward S. Curtis
25" x 35" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips Vby Edward S. Curtis
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Tropical Variety Iby Edward S. Curtis
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Edward S. Curtis (born 1868) was born to Reverend Johnson Curtis in rural Wisconsin. Curtis and his siblings grew up in poverty. The entire family occasionally went for days or even weeks at a time surviving solely on a diet of potatoes. Before Curtis’ 5th birthday, the family moved to rural Cordova, Minnesota. Even though Curtis had some contact with American Indians while growing up in Minnesota, most traditional Indian life there had disappeared by the time his family arrived in the 1870s.
After completing his formal education at age 12, Curtis built himself a camera, using a stereopticon lens his father had brought back from the Civil War. He demonstrated ingenuity, self-direction, and independence that would become the hallmarks of his adult life; he thus unwittingly embarked on his photographic career. Later on in life, Curtis spent a great deal of time reading about and experimenting with photographic ideas and techniques. At seventeen years of age, he moved to St. Paul, MN where he spent time as an apprentice photographer. Soon, he was well versed in the fundamentals of photography and became a dedicated and serious practitioner.
Between 1906 and 1930, he encountered many hardships and endured great personal risk in pursuit of his dream. Not only was he making thousands of negatives throughout Canada and the western United States, but he also acted as a principal publisher, ethnographer, administrator and fundraiser. The intensity with which he pursued his dream had a great toll on his health. He drove himself to the limit for many years and ended up suffering a nervous and physical breakdown in 1930. He died in 1952, essentially unknown and penniless. However, framed Edward S. Curtis art are still found in many art galleries throughout the world.