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By the Pool-Tule River Reservation
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By the Pool-Tule River Reservation

Date1924
Label TextThis depiction of baskets, reeds, and flowing water is a charming and artful arrangement of different textures and forms. Curtis made and distributed it as a visual document for scholars of Navtive American culture, but he clearly wanted his composition to have artistic merit as a still life. His photograph reflects the interests of the Aesthetic Movement, and in particular, the idealizing, narrative aims of Pictorialist photography.
Object number83.147
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Five Installations on the Fourth Floor: Aspects of Late-Nineteenth-Century Art": (June 26, 1997)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Harry Poll in honor of the museum's 50th year
Dimensions13 7/8 x 17 in. (35.2 x 43.2 cm)
MediumPhotogravure