Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Yuma

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Yuma
  • from Vol. II of The North American Indian
Datec. 1902
PlaceUnited States
MediumPlatinum and gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 15 1/2 × 7 in. (39.4 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate in honor of Peter R. Coneway in celebration of his induction into the University of Texas' Distinguished Alumni; McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame at "One Great Night in November, 2004", The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.372
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceSotheby's, New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Sotheby's, New York, 10/31/1985.
Exhibition History"The American Landscape East to West: Themes in Painting and Photography, 1780-1910" at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, september 6, 2003-January 19, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right on image in marker "Curtis[underlined]"
bottom left on image in white "488-07"

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