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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Pair of Nootka and Haida Restrikes. [Emiliano Sorini Studio, 1966-1967]. Restrikes of Curtis’ 1915 photogravures on “tweedweave” paper. Curtis’s credit, photograph date, title, plate number, and original printmaker’s credit (John Andrew & Son) inscribed on plate. Images are Plates 383 (The Bark Gatherer) and 398 (A Haida of Massett) in Curtis’s Portfolio 11, “The North American Indian, Vol. 11. The Nootka. The Haida.” Overall approx 22 ½ x 18”; images 15 ¼ x 11 ¼”. In 1966-67, Curtis’s original plates (in the possession of Charles Lauriat at the time) were used to print an edition of restrikes. These are known by the type of paper they were printed on: the “tweedweave” edition. In total, there were 17 sets of Curtis’s first 12 portfolios printed by Deli Sacilotto in the Emiliano Sorini Studio in these years. Deckle edge on bottom; some spots of pigment amiss; rippling along perimeter; paper is clean and images present well.