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Lot 14

Edward S. Curtis
(1868-1952)
The Piki Maker

30 June – 1 July 2021, 16:00 PDT
Los Angeles

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Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)

The Piki Maker, c. 1906
Orotone, signed in the image; caption label affixed on the original Curtis Studio frame backing.
14 x 11in (35.5 x 28cm); original Curtis Studio frame

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Literature
Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian, the Complete Portfolios, Taschen, 1997, Vol. XII, p. 487
Cardozo, Edward Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks, Delmonico Books/ Prestel, 2015, p. 89

Piki is corn-bread baked in colored sheets of paper-like thinness. The batter is spread of the baking stone with the bare hand, and the quickly-baked sheet is folded and laid in the basket at the baker's left.
EDWARD S. CURTIS

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