Lot 175D
Paul Coze (French/Serbian-American, 1903-1974). "Cleansing with Emetics at end of Snake Dance" and Indigenous Woman by River. Gelatin silver print, n.d. Artist's signature and title on verso of "Cleansing
" A fascinating pair of black-and-white photographs by prolific ethnographer Paul Coze, each capturing scenes of Indigenous life in the American Southwest, though differing in their nature as one presents a moment of community and the other presents a moment of solitude. The first shows a group of Native Americans during the ceremonial Snake Dance at the point after the dance when they cleanse themselves using emetics. Alternatively, the other photograph displays a peaceful scene of a lone veiled woman seated next to a pottery vessel by a river. Size of larger photograph (Woman by River): 9.25" W x 7.5" H (23.5 cm x 19 cm) Size of larger matte (Woman by River): 17.5" W x 16" H (44.4 cm x 40.6 cm)
Paul Coze was an anthropologist, artist, and writer that was most notable as a French authority on Native Americans. Between 1928 and 1934, he made four trips across western Canada collecting ethnographic objects for the Musee d'Ethnographie in Paris and the Heye Foundation in New York. He settled in Phoenix Arizona in 1951 and created nine major pieces of public art in the city, most with Native themes.
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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- Condition: Artist's signature and title on verso of "Cleansing " Both fit with custom mattes. A few light smudges to matte of cleansing, but photograph is in overall excellent condition. Woman by River has not been examined outside of shrink wrap but appears to be in overall excellent condition as well.
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