Native American Photography at the Smithsonian: The Shindler Catalogue
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Books, 2003. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2334188
ISBN: 9781588341211
First edition. Jacket spine base lightly bumped.
x, 371 pp. This book of hauntingly beautiful Native American portraits reflects the tragic history of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Pawnee, Cherokee, and other groups whose leaders traveled to Washington in the mid-nineteenth-century to negotiate treaties with the US government. As compelling as the famous photographs of Indians by Edward S. Curtis, these unique images provide a close-up, unromanticized record of Native American life at a critical time in the history of relations between the US government and Native Americans, just after the Civil War and at the beginning of the great westward expansion of US territories. The images form the core of the Smithsonian's extensive collection of Native American photographs and of important collections in many other major museums around the world.
Price: $75.00