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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Group of Three Portfolio XI Restrikes. [Emiliano Sorini Studio, 1966-1967]. Original plate 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 382 (The Whaler), 393 (Return of Halibut Fisheries) and 396 (The Captured Whale) in Curtis’s Portfolio 11, “The North American Indian, Vol. 11. The Nootka. The Haida.” Overall approx 22 ½ x 18”; images approx. 15 ½ x 11 ½-11 ¾”; and reverse. One deckle edge on each; rippling along perimeter; very lightly soiled and smudged; minor spots of pigment amiss. Images present well.