Object Details
- referenced
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Frontier Exhibition
- Kasebier, Gertrude
- Description
- In 1898 New York photographer Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) embarked on a deeply personal project, creating a set of prints that rank among the most compelling of her celebrated body of work. Käsebier was on the threshold of a career that would establish her as both the leading portraitist of her time and an extraordinary art photographer. Her new undertaking was inspired by viewing the grand parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West troupe en route to Madison Square Garden for several weeks of performances. She quickly sent a letter to William "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917), requesting permission to photograph in her studio the Sioux Indians traveling with the show. Within weeks, Käsebier began a unique and special project photographing the Indian men, women, and children formally and informally. Friendships developed, and her photography of these Native Americans continued for more than a decade.
- Near the window of Käsebier's Fifth Avenue, New York, studio, two young Sioux men wait during the portrait session. Pausing momentarily from drawing, one glances outward, contemplating the vast city and skyscrapers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mina Turner
- ca 1898
- ID Number
- PG.69.236.005
- accession number
- 287543
- catalog number
- 69.236.005
- Object Name
- platinum print
- Physical Description
- platinum print (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 cm x 15 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in
- Related Publication
- Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Gertrude Kasebier
- Photography
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Native Americans
- Record ID
- nmah_1004527
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-988e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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