Sioux Indians on the Plains
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1898
name: label: maker
content: Kasebier, Gertrude
notes: label: Description
content: 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 her first 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.
label: Description
content: While Gertrude Käsebier primarily photographed her Native American subjects in the studio, there are existing photographs among her personal collection showing the Dakota Sioux Indians in the West, probably an area within their Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, about 1900. To date, no correspondence has emerged regarding a trip for Käsebier to the Great Plains.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Native Americans
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Gertrude Kasebier
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mina Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.236.001
label: accession number
content: 287543
label: catalog number
content: 69.236.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: platinum print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: platinum print (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 21 cm; 6 11/16 in x 8 1/4 in