Bidspirit auction | ASAHEL CURTIS 'MT. RAINIER' PHOTOGRAVURE

ASAHEL CURTIS 'MT. RAINIER' PHOTOGRAVURE - Original photogravure by listed Northwest artist, Asahel Curtis (WA, 1874 - 1941) featuring Mt. Rainier in Washington state. Photo measures 10” h x 8” w matted & mounted in a frame measuring 17” x 14”.  Artist bio: At his brother, Edward's urging, Asahel left their studio for the Klondike Gold Rush in the fall of 1897. He would take photographs. It was agreed that Asahel would send the glass-plate negatives to Edward for printing. Edward would sell some of the photographs to Seattle's newspapers and develop a side business in photographs of the Far North. Asahel would also prospect for gold and take photographs of miners, which Edward would send to their loved ones. Over the next four decades, he produced approximately 60,000 images capturing the region's industries, infrastructure projects, and natural landscapes, including Mount Rainier, which he climbed multiple times. His work is preserved in major collections, notably the Washington State Historical Society and the University of Washington Libraries. In 2024, his legacy was highlighted in the PBS documentary series Asahel: The Curtis Collection