Evening on Flathead Lake (from the series The North American Indian)
Artist
Edward S. Curtis
(American, 1868 - 1952)
Date1910 (printed later)
Mediumphotogravure on paper
DimensionsImage: 4 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (12.4 × 18.1 cm)
Plate Mark: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
Support: 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (24.1 × 31.8 cm)
Mat: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
Plate Mark: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
Support: 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (24.1 × 31.8 cm)
Mat: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Joyce Niemanas, 2011
Object number2011.22.7
DescriptionView of lake with horizon line with canoe beached on rocky shore in foreground, one oar propped up against side of canoeeMuseum Notes
This canoe was designed by the Ktunaxa people of (sometimes called Kutenai or Kootenay in English) for navigating, hunting, and fishing in the lakes of their northeastern region. The photographer admired it enough to include it in at least eight photographs he made on the shores of Flathead Lake in Montana, whether because he found it emblematic of these lake dwellers or because of its picturesque, romantic associations.
On View
Not on view
Ansel Adams
1932 (printed 1980)
