Skip to main content

Vanishing Race

Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Print the Vanishing Race, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
"The Vanishing Race" is perhaps the most iconic and sought-after photographic print by renowned
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Native American Photography

Materials

Paper

You mess with me, you mess with my cousins
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

"The only thing more pathetic than Indians on TV is Indians watching Indians...
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

#fangasm, Pabs was TOTALLY inspired by meeeeeeeee111!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital

It was, like, a super long time ago that ppl were here, right?
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Tell Chakotay that we'll brb
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital, Archival Paper

Early 20th Century Summer Floral Still Life - Zinnias, Delphiniums, Corn Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
-Kinkaid's book The Man of Yesterday: A Romance of a Vanishing Race, (1908). Volney had many successful
Category

1930s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
By Lionel S. Reiss
Located in New York, NY
the eve of the Holocaust, Reiss argued that there was “no such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"New York City Skyline View from the East River, " Lionel Reiss, Jewish Artist
By Lionel Reiss
Located in New York, NY
such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he claimed that the Jewish people were a cultural group with a
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Yeah... shit's about to go sideways. I'll take you to Amerind. You'll like it...
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Beware of the intentions of well meaning Aliens
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

The Value of Comic Sans
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Making a b-line to HaidaBucks, Salmonberry Frap #ftw #starbucksFAIL #lol
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

PRESERVER ONE: Well, looks like we got them all. See, don’t you feel GREAT...
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

The Away Team Beams Down to What Appears to Be an Uninhabited Planet
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

We shall reassert our inherent rights
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

People Also Browsed

"Spearing Salmon: Spokan", Sepia Photograph of Indigenous Spearfishing
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Soquel, CA
Silver and sepia tone photographic print of an indigenous spearfisher by Edward Sheriff Curtis, image circa 1901 (American, 1868-1952), as a 1974 copy of (and printed from negatives ...
Category

1970s Photorealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Historical B/W Photograph of Native American Navajo Pottery Makers
Located in Miami, FL
A Window into History: 1922 Portrait by Odile Bouligny This captivating black and white photograph, captured in 1922 by renowned French photographer Odile Bouligny, offers a glimpse...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Native American Objects

Materials

Paper

"Horse Capture - Atsina" by Edward S. Curtis, 1908
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a fine photogravure portrait of an Atsina man named Horse Capture by Edward Curtis. The image is Plate 170 from Supplementary Portfolio 5 of Edward Curtis' epic project ...
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Photography

Materials

Paper

A Hopi Girl, Plate 406, 1905
By Edward Sheriff Curtis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edward Sheriff Curtis, A Hopi Girl, Plate 406. Vintage photogravure on Holland van Gelder from Portfolio 12. (Native American portraiture, Southwest photography). Original photogravu...
Category

Early 19th Century Portrait Photography

Materials

Photogravure

A Gem Of Basketry - Southern Yokuts
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis A Gem Of Basketry - Southern Yokuts 1924 Hand Colored Photogravure 12 x 9 inches Vintage small format Curtis Volume Photogravure, Volume 13, The North American Ind...
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Prayer To The Sun By Hopi Snake Priest, Silver Gelatin Double Border Print, 1907
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis Prayer To The Sun By Hopi Snake Priest 1907 Silver Gelatin Double Border Print 11.25 inches H. X 9 inches W. Vintage Curtis Toned Silver Gelatin Double Border Print...
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Juan Concho" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Juan Concho" gold tone photograph signed by Carl Moon; 8" x 10". Published "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 144. This piece is in the original frame; was display...
Category

Vintage 1910s American Native American Photography

Materials

Other

Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Photograph Hopi Weaver, 1899
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
An original platinum print on textured paper by iconic American photographer Edward Curtis titled "Hopi Weaver"(sometimes known as "The Weaver"). Curtis was famed for his work with t...
Category

Antique 1890s American Native American Photography

Materials

Wood, Paper

"Wildflowers" Gold Tone by Carl Moon
By Carl Moon
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Signed Goldtone; 8" x 10"; Taos, 1914; also titled "Pueblo Belle, First Mesa"; published in "In Search of the Wild Indian" by Tom Driebe on page 110. This piece is in the original fr...
Category

Vintage 1910s Photography

Materials

Other

Counting The Record, 1921
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward S. Curtis Counting The Record 1921 Photogravure Print 18 x 22 inches Vintage large format Curtis Portfolio Photogravure, Portfolio 12, Plate #413, The North American Indian, ...
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Recent Sales

The Vanishing Race, Signed by Edward S. Curtis, Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an extremely scarce gelatin silver print of The Vanishing Race by Edward S. Curtis
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Photography

Materials

Paper

Spaced Invaders
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
as a vanishing race. With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital

Re-invaders
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Re-invaders
H 35.5 in W 22.5 in
What a Great spot for a Walmart!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Side Show Band
Located in Los Angeles, CA
important visual records of an institution that has all but vanished. .....” ..... from Robert Weaver One
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas

The Vanishing Race
By Edward Curtis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, seeking to record with images the traditional life of its vanishing indigenous inhabitants. No other
Category

Early 20th Century Photography

Materials

Platinum

Edward S. Curtis Original Signed Stamped Platinum Print the Vanishing Race, 1904
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Studio City, CA
"The Vanishing Race" is perhaps the most iconic and sought-after photographic print by renowned
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Photography

Materials

Paper

Home Coming
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Home Coming
Home Coming
H 22.5 in W 36.25 in
#photobombing the Dzunuḵ̓wa. She's gonna be mad
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
peoples as a vanishing race. With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital

#photobombing the Dzunuḵ̓wa. She's gonna be mad
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital

We shall reassert our inherent rights
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
peoples as a vanishing race. With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

They're Coming! Quick! I have a better hiding place for you. Dorvan V
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Choke on an Ovoid
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Skeena, Beam Me Up!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
peoples as a vanishing race. With the insertion of ovoids, s-shapes and u-shapes into the images, both
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

We come to witness
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital

Skeena, Beam Me Up!
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
/colonial narrative of an empty Canada and of a vanishing race. What makes Interventions on the Imaginary
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Digital

Edward S. Curtis Signed Photograph of Apsaroke Indian Chief
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
life and landscapes of this "vanishing race." In that same year Curtis traveled to the East Coast to
Category

Early 20th Century American Photography

Materials

Paper

American Indians "The Storm -- Apache"
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Florham Park, NJ
vanishing race. It has been suggested that he altered and manipulated his pictures to create a simulation
Category

Early 20th Century American Photography

SALE!! Pair of Foo Dog Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
about 221 AD. Foo Dogs vanished for nearly 400 years after their first appearance. They later returned
Category

Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Iron, Silver Leaf

SALE!! Pair of Foo Dog Lamps
SALE!! Pair of Foo Dog Lamps
H 28 in W 14 in D 11 in
Pair of Foo Dog Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
approximately 208 BC to about 221 AD. Foo Dogs vanished for nearly 400 years after their first appearance. They
Category

Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Iron, Silver Leaf

Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Vanishing Race", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Vanishing Race For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the vanishing race you’re looking for. Each vanishing race for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper. There are many kinds of the vanishing race you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Many designers have produced at least one well-made vanishing race over the years, but those crafted by Edward S. Curtis are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Vanishing Race?

A vanishing race can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,200, while the lowest priced sells for $3,000 and the highest can go for as much as $9,500.