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The life and art of the North American Indian

John Anson Warner

The life and art of the North American Indian

by John Anson Warner

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Published by Hamlyn in New York, NY .
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  • Indians of North America -- Art

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    StatementJohn Anson Warner
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsE98"S7"W37
    The Physical Object
    Pagination168 p. :
    Number of Pages168
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL21117665M
    ISBN 100600375609
    LC Control Number76-363587

    North American Natives, peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th cent. They have long been known as Indians because of the belief prevalent at the time of Columbus that the Americas were the outer reaches of the Indies (i.e., the East Indies). This event would transformed his life and inspired him to create The North American Indian. Consisting of over large portfolio images, over volume size images, and over pages of text, The North American Indian is a part of American history in both its imagery and its creation.

      The Morgan Company sold 19 complete sets of The North American Indian, along with thousands of prints and copper plates, to Charles Lauriat Books of Author: Gilbert King. A representative evaluation of The North American Indian is that of Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature, at Leeds University, in England, who has written a number of works related to the life of Curtis: "The North American Indian—extensively produced and issued in a severely limited edition—could not prove : Edward Sheriff Curtis, Febru , .

    Between and , Edward Curtis traveled deep into Indian territories and lived among dozens of Native tribes. He captured the authentic ways of life of over 80 Native cultures, producing o glass plate negatives, 10, wax cylinder recordings, 4, pages of anthropological text, and a feature-length dedication culminated in the production of The North American Indian. Portraits from North American Indian Life by Edward S Curtis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at


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