Frank Bennett Fiske Posthumous Photograph of Native American "Chief Red Fish"

Item Details

Frank Bennett Fiske (North Dakota, 1883 – 1952)
Chief Red Fish
Signed by Clifford S. Keller to the verso beneath studio stamp
Numbered 53/300
Printed by North Dakota State Historical Society, published by North Dakota Heritage Foundation
Stamped to verso by Argentum Photographic Services, Seattle, Washington

Frank Fiske: Portfolio Volumes I and II consisting of 30 contact photographs of 7.25′ × 9.25′ each mounted to 14′ × 17′ museum board, signed/numbered on the verso (#27/300), and housed in two archival clamshell boxes. These were printed directly from Fiske’s negatives at the North Dakota State Historical Society and published circa 1980 by the North Dakota Heritage Foundation. Each volume contains a colophon with a biography, an article on Fiske’s photography of the Sioux Indians, and a list of the plates contained therein. Condition of the photos are all excellent though the case and some of the rag boards contained in Volume I show some effects from water exposure.

Condition

- toning to sheet; denting; fine creases and abrasions to sheet; residues to glazing and frame; nicks and abrasions to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; plate measures approximately 7.25" W x 10" H.

Item #

ITMGP72769