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C. Szwedzicki: The North American Indian Works — Texts

Below are links to an introductory essay written for this online collection by Janet Catherine Berlo, Professor of Art History and Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester, New York, and to the (keyword searchable) text in each of the 6 portfolios of North American Indian art produced by C. Szwedzicki between 1929 and 1952.

View Text	Berlo, Janet Catherine, The Szwedzicki Portfolios: Native American Fine Art and American Visual Culture, 1917-1952. Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Libraries, 2008. [This introductory essay, written for this online collection, includes links to images and can be used as a navigational tool to the collection.]
View Text	Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966. Kiowa Indian Art: watercolor paintings in color by the Indians of Oklahoma; the introduction by Oscar Brousse Jacobson. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, [c1929]. [Original portfolio in the Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, ARB RB Oversize E98.A7 J17.]
View Text	Alexander, Hartley Burr, 1873-1939. Pueblo Indian painting; 50 reproductions of watercolor paintings by Indian artists of the New Mexican pueblos of San Ildefonso and Sia, with introduction and notes by Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, [c1932]. [Original portfolio in the Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, BEIN 1971 Folio 574.]
Volume I Volume II	Chapman, Kenneth Milton, 1875-1968. Pueblo Indian Pottery; 50 reproductions in color from specimens in the famous collection of the Indian arts fund, with introduction and notes by Kenneth M. Chapman. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, [1933-1936]. [Original portfolio in the Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, ARB RB Oversize E98.P8 C5.]
Volume I Volume II	Alexander, Hartley Burr, 1873-1939. Sioux Indian painting. With introduction and notes by Hartley Burr Alexander. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, [1938]. [Original portfolio in the Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, ARB RB Oversize E98.A7 S568 1938.]
Volume I — French English Volume II — French English	Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966. Les peintres indiens d'Amérique / [par] O. B. Jacobson [et] Jeanne d'Ucel. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, 1950. [Original portfolio in the Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, ARB RB Oversize E98.A7 J18 1950.]
Volume I Volume II	Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966. North American Indian Costumes: (1564-1950) / Illustrations by Oscar Howe. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, 1952. [Original portfolio in the Art & Music Department, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio, R391 ffJ17.]