Sioux Indians drawing in Kasebier's Studio
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1898
name: label: referenced
content: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Frontier Exhibition
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 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: Near the window of Käsebier's Fifth Avenue, New York, studio, two young Sioux men wait during the portrait session. Pausing momentarily from drawing, one glances outward, contemplating the vast city and skyscrapers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Delaney, Michelle. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mina Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.236.005
label: accession number
content: 287543
label: catalog number
content: 69.236.005
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: 20 cm x 15 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in