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Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952) The North American Indian - Volume X and  Portfolio  X, 1915 Volume and portfolio on Japanese Gampi tissue etching stock Featuring the Pacific Northwestern tribe of the Kwakiutl Portfolio X36 photogravures on Japanese Gampi tissue etching stock with original Van Gelder overmatssigned in plate below image: E. S. Curtis23 x 19 in.  / prints 18 x 22 in. Volume X74 photogravures on Japanese Gampi tissue etching stock including 3 hand-colored prints12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. / prints approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Featuring primarily the Northwest Coast tribes of the Nakoaktok and Qágyuhl, photographed in 1914, the images found here depict the rich ceremonial life of those and the surrounding tribes. Included are Hamatsa Emerging from the Woods, Nakoaktok Chief and Copper, Kotsuis and Hohhug, Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon, and the over 20 costumed and masked ceremonial images. Curtis was so inspired by their ceremonial life, that he wrote and directed the first feature-length film whose cast was composed entirely of Native North Americans, In the Land of the War Canoes. This represents an excellent opportunity to acquire this rare and unusual pairing from set #96 of Edward Curtis' landmark publication. PORTFOLIO X LIMITED EDITION: This Portfolio is from set #96, printed on handmade Japanese gampi tissue paper, quarto, original ¾ brown crushed levant by H. Blackwell of Boston, over beige linen-covered boards, original gilt lettered, with photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston after photographs by Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan.  PORTFOLIO: 36 large format photogravures, including a List of Plates reference that is hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Loose bound in a hand-made, 3-flap portfolio. ADDITIONAL: This example is from set #96, which descends from William Henry Moore (1847-1923) and his brother James Hobart Moore (1851-1916) to the Moore Memorial Library.  The brothers founded the library in their boyhood home of Greene, New York, in 1903, in honor of their mother.  While the Moore's were not as well known as the Carnegies, Morgan's and Harriman's, the family operated in the same social milieu.  They were friends of J.P. Morgan, the visionary industrialist, and collector, who first sponsored Curtis' comprehensive pictoral chronicle of native life, and next to Morgan, successfully exploited the financial possibilities of industrial mergers in the United States.    Exhibited:  The following prints from this portfolio have been included in national and international exhibitions: A Nakoaktok Chief's Daughter, Plate 334 Kotsuis and Hohhuq, Plate 336 Kwakiutl House Frame, Plate 343 Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian (176 print exhibit), 2000 Edward S. Curtis: 100 Masterworks, 2016 VOLUME X: LIMITED EDITION: This volume is numbered 96, printed on handmade Japanese gampi tissue paper, quarto, top edges gilt, original ¾ brown crushed levant by H. Blackwell of Boston, over beige linen-covered boards, original gilt lettered, raised paneled spine, with photogravure plates by John Andrew & Son of Boston after photographs by Edward S. Curtis, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, field research conducted under the patronage of J. Pierpont Morgan.  TEXT VOLUMES: 75 photogravures, including 1 hand-colored prints. Over 190 pages of text and transcriptions of language and music. Hand letterpress printed on hand-made paper. Hand-bound. ADDITIONAL: This example is from set #96, which descends from original subscriber's William Henry Moore (1847-1923) and his brother James Hobart Moore (1851-1916) to the Moore Memorial Library.  The brothers founded the library in their boyhood home of Greene, New York, in 1903, in honor of their mother.  While the Moore's were not as well known as the Carnegies, Morgan's and Harriman's, the family operated in the same social milieu.  They were friends of J.P. Morgan, the visionary industrialist, and collector, who first sponsored Curtis' comprehensive pictoral chronicle of native life, and next to Morgan, successfully exploited the financial possibilities of industrial mergers in the United States.   Portfolio and Volume Provenance: Edward S. Curtis StudioWilliam Henry MooreThe Moore Memorial LibraryThe Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, 1998