Indian Whalers Homeward Bound from the Pacific
1910
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 18.7 × 24.1 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 26.7 × 35 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
2018.177.174
Art Historical Context
"Indian Whalers Homeward from the Pacific" (1910) is a striking photogravure by Asahel Curtis, capturing a poignant moment in maritime history. Curtis, a renowned early 20th-century photographer in Seattle, documented the Northwest's landscapes, industries, and Indigenous communities with a keen eye for detail and. This image, measuring 18.7 × 24.1 cm on a larger 26.7 × 35 cm sheet, depicts Native American whalers returning home, canoes laden with the fruits of their labor against a vast ocean backdrop. Photogravure, the medium here, was a sophisticated intaglio printing process popular for f...