Lot 1670 save

HARMON PERCY MARBLE (American)

Harmon Percy Marble (American, 1870 - 1945)

Group of 5 Photographs.

* Log and Earthen Dam. Gelatin silver print. c1924 - 1926. 4 9/16 x 6 1/2 in. (116 x 165 mm). Sheet Size: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (125 x 176 mm). Typed notation on verso: "Log and earthen dam to hold water for irrigation farming and to control erosion. Location is on the east side of Black Mesa (seen in background), possibly in the area of Dinnehotso, where a dam was built following the destruction of an earlier earthen dam downstream at Baby Rocks during severe floods in 1912." * Winter in Sunmet(?) Hogan. Gelatin silver print. c1911 - 1926. Titled in pencil on verso. 4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (117 x 167 mm). Sheet Size: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (125 x 176 mm). Typed notation on verso: "Typical Navajo home site with forked-stick style hogan or house at right, and brush ramada at left. Although the brush shelter would be primarily used in summer for cooking, the more enclosed hogan at right would also continue to be used during the summer for some activities." * Moencopi. Gelatin silver print. c1911 - 1926. Titled in pencil on verso. 4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (117 x 167 mm). Sheet Size: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (125 x 176 mm). * Wakas Kachinas in Moencopi, No. 1. Gelatin silver print. c1911 - 1926. 4 9/16 x 6 1/2 in. (116 x 165 mm). Sheet Size: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (125 x 176 mm). Typed notation on verso: "Group of Wakas (Cow) Kachinas in Hopi village of Moencopi. Note embroidered dance sashes and foxskin tails worn by each kachina, and the Hopi spectators sitting on the rooftops for better views of the dancers. In this photo, the kachinas are dancing along the southern side of the plaza as they prepare to leave the village." * Dogs in Hopi Village. Gelatin silver print. c1912. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (165 x 114 mm). Sheet Size: 6 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (176 x 125 mm). Two unidentified women and two children sitting in an open doorway of mud and stone, watching several dogs in foreground. Scene is probably in an unidentified Pueblo village, most likely Hopi. Woman at left and children could be Navajo, but the building is definitely not [5].

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The Summer Photography Sale
10:00 AM PT - Jul 24th, 2008

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