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Kotsuis and Hohhuq, Nakoaktok, 1908, reprinted 1914

  • John Andrew and Son, American, active 1910-1930
  • Edward Sheriff Curtis, American, 1868-1952

Photogravure printed in sepia ink on cream wove paper

  • Image: 10 3/4 × 15 1/8 inches (27.3 × 38.4 cm) Plate: 12 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (31.8 × 42.5 cm) Sheet: 17 7/8 × 22 1/8 inches (45.4 × 56.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

72.512

Inscribed, in plate, upper left: Plate 336 Inscribed, in plate, lower left: KOTSIUS AND HOHHUQ-NAKOATKOK Inscribed, in plate, lower center: From Copyright Photograph 1914 by E.S. Curtis Inscribed, in plate, lower right: Photogravure John Andrew & Son

1972, The Halsted Gallery (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)

1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Andrews, Ralph W. Curtis' Western Indians. Seattle, 1962, p. 158 (ill.). Curtis, E.S. The North American Indian. Boston, 1907 (pl. 336).

Edward Sheriff Curtis, Kotsuis and Hohhuq, Nakoaktok, 1908, reprinted 1914, photogravure printed in sepia ink on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 72.512.