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| The
Vanishing Race - Navaho |
| 1904 |
Image Size: 14" x 18" |
| Pigment Print |
Paper Size: 20" x 24" |
| The Vanishing Race was Curtis’ signature
piece and was the visual metaphor for the core concept underlying
Curtis’ entire thirty- year project i.e., that Native
Americans, as a culture, at least, were vanishing and that it
was Curtis’ over-arching goal to capture a record of them
and their world before they disappeared forever. Curtis searched
for an image to illustrate this idea for nearly four years before
creating The Vanishing Race. A century ago, it was by far and
away Curtis’ most popular single image. Today it still
remains a highly sought after classic. |
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