[NATIVE AMERICANS - WESTERN AMERICANA]. LUMMIS, C.F. 24 cyanotypes of native subjects and miners.
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Jun 26, 2023
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Timed Online / Cincinnati
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[NATIVE AMERICANS - WESTERN AMERICANA]. LUMMIS, C.F. 24 cyanotypes of native subjects and miners.
24 cyanotypes by or attributed to Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928), ranging in size from 8 x 5 in. to 10 x 8 in. (toning, some with edge and corner wear to margins including chipping). Many images titled, copyrighted, and credited to Lummis in the negative, ca 1888-1891. Titles include:
Pueblo Maiden, Isleta, NM. 1890. -- Untitled view of Southwestern architecture, partially affixed with tape on top edge to board and matted. -- Untitled portrait of a miner, partially affixed with tape on top edge to mat. -- Pueblo infant, partially affixed with tape on top edge to mat. Copyright date of 1892 and credit to C.F. Lummis inked in lower left corner. -- Pueblo of Laguna, NM, partially affixed with tape on top edge to mat. -- Pueblo of Taos, NM, North House. 1889. -- Pueblo village scene, copyrighted 1888. -- Pueblo women and children. -- In the Petrified Forest of Arizona. A Log in the Sandstone. -- Grand Canon of the Colorado, A.T., Diamond Creek. -- Ruins of Church at Garay, NM. -- A New Mexico Placita. -- Pueblo Indian Church and Mission School, Isleta, NM. 1889. -- Ruins on Bluff at Cebollita, NM. -- Ruins of Pueblo Indian Church, Pecos, NM. -- Untitled view of Pueblo architecture. -- Gold Mining with Dry-Washer, Golden, NM. -- Pueblo House, Ti-Tsee-A-Ma, NM. -- Navajo Silver Jewelry. -- Natural Bridge, Near Ft. Defiance, NM. -- Natural Bridge, Pine Creek, A.T. 1891. -- 3 untitled landscapes.
Together, 24 cyanotypes credited to or attributed to Charles F. Lummis.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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