Edward Curtis Orotone. CURTIS, EDWARD S. 1868-1952. An Oasis in the Badlands. Chief Red Hawk, Sioux, c.1905. Orotone, probably printed after 1920; signed ('Curtis L.A.') and copyright in the image, in original Curtis Studios batwing frame (unexamined out of frame). 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Overall 18 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (46.4 x 39.4 cm) Provenance: Manuscript notes in pencil on frame backing: ('The warrior in the picture is 'Red Mark [sic]', a sub chief of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota' and 'Oasis in Bad Land'); sticker on frame backing '155146'; from the Collection of Dr. Billy T. Utley. The image was included in Volume III of The North American Indian. The subject of the image, made in the heart of the Bad Lands in South Dakota, is Red Hawk, an Oglala Lakota warrior. As a young warrior, Red Hawk fought alongside Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull against General George Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Edward Curtis made a detailed study of the battle, interviewing as many participants as he could find, and remarking that Red Hawk's 'recollection of the fight seemed to be particularly clear.' Literature: Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian, the Complete Portfolios, Taschen, 1997, Vol. III, p. 142 Cardozo, Edward Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks, Delmonico Books/ Prestel, 2015, p. 143 Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing