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Edward S. Curtis(1868-1952)Aphrodite 2
30 June – 1 July 2021, 16:00 PDT
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Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
Aphrodite, c. 1920
2 blue-toned gelatin silver prints, each signed and 'LA' copyright credit in the image; the first with caption labels, one signed by Manford Magnuson in ink on the original Curtis Studio frame backing. (2)
each 11 x 14in (28 x 35.5cm); original Curtis Studio frame; and period frame
2 blue-toned gelatin silver prints, each signed and 'LA' copyright credit in the image; the first with caption labels, one signed by Manford Magnuson in ink on the original Curtis Studio frame backing. (2)
each 11 x 14in (28 x 35.5cm); original Curtis Studio frame; and period frame
Footnotes
All primitive people assume that everything in nature possesses a spirit. The sea, with its varying moods from the calm placid surface to wild raging storm, naturally is foremost in the minds of all coast dwellers, hence wherever a man lives by the sea, he has the spirit of water. With the Greeks, the spirit bore the name of "Aphrodite" who, according to variations of the myth, was the wife of Adonis.
EDWARD S. CURTIS
