New York, 5 October 2012
Recently Swann Galleries sold the cycle titled The North American Indians by Edward S. Curtis for $1.4m.
This unique lot of Fine Photographs & Photobooks generated the biggest turnover ever made by the Swann Galleries, for its 70th anniversary. Actually it was in 1952 when Swann Galleries organised its first auction devoted to American photo albums.
Vice-president of Swann Galleries and director of the Photographs & Photobooks department declares “We were very pleased to have sold this iconic work by a major 20th century artist. The price reflects the rarity and beauty of this American masterpiece and the interest in photobooks as an artform.”