Oct 22, 2020 - Sale 2548

Sale 2548 - Lot 231

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(ADAM CLARK VROMAN) (1856-1916)
The American Indian Souvenir Playing Cards.


Complete deck of 52 playing cards (plus the Joker), each with vignetted reproductions of Vroman's photographs of Native Americans in the Southwest. Each image is captioned, and includes reproductions of Vroman's group as well as individual portraits, village views, and images of native peoples performing dances, in Walpi, Kivi, Laguna, and Acoma pueblos. Original gilt-lettered boards slipcase with an additionally affixed card, worn. Los Angeles: Lazarus & Melzer, 1900