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A Chief of the Desert, Navajo by Edward S. Curtis — VisualArtsDB

A Chief of the Desert, Navajo

A Chief of the Desert, Navajo

Edward S. Curtis

1904

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Frame: 73.7 × 61 cm (29 × 24 in.)
Genre: Photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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