North American Coins
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021) was the world’s leading expert on Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), whose The North American Indian was the first scholarly presentation documenting and preserving information about Native Americans. Cardozo’s collection of photogravures — plus an artist’s proof copy of his exhaustive reissue of Curtis’ work — will appear at […]
CHICAGO – Hindman will offer a complete copy of Edward S. Curtis’ seminal The North American Indian as part of an auction of Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection on Thursday, November 9. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Curtis’ The North American Indian was one of the most ambitious and […]
NEW YORK – Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits, an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 5 through July 25, 2021, will present a compelling visual response to Native North America through watercolors created in the 1830s by the Swiss draftsman Karl Bodmer (1809–1893). Bodmer was one of the most accomplished […]
NEW YORK – Covering a period of nearly five centuries, printed and manuscript Americana will cross the auction block at Swann Galleries on Thursday, Sept. 24. This auction is exceptionally varied in content and subjects covered, from colonialism and the Westward expansion of the United States, to presidential material and firsthand accounts by ordinary people of important historical moments. Bid […]