Silver print
14 in high x 10.75 in wide; 35.56 cm high x 27.31 cm wide
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, Arizona
This silver print by Frederic Allen Williams depicts a young Navajo woman in a closely framed portrait from 1926. Unlike the more formal studio-style views of the period, the image uses a near profile and softened background to focus on expression, posture, and light. The photograph belongs to Williams’s early 20th-century work in the Southwest, where Native portraiture was often presented with both documentary and artistic intent.
The sitter is shown turned slightly away from the camera, with her face partly shadowed and her hair falling across one side of her face. The composition is quiet and direct, emphasizing the human presence of the sitter rather than clothing or setting. As a dated Navajo portrait, the image offers a restrained example of Southwest Native American photography in silver print format.
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Silver print
14 in high x 10.75 in wide; 35.56 cm high x 27.31 cm wide
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, Arizona
This silver print by Frederic Allen Williams depicts a young Navajo woman in a closely framed portrait from 1926. Unlike the more formal studio-style views of the period, the image uses a near profile and softened background to focus on expression, posture, and light. The photograph belongs to Williams’s early 20th-century work in the Southwest, where Native portraiture was often presented with both documentary and artistic intent.
The sitter is shown turned slightly away from the camera, with her face partly shadowed and her hair falling across one side of her face. The composition is quiet and direct, emphasizing the human presence of the sitter rather than clothing or setting. As a dated Navajo portrait, the image offers a restrained example of Southwest Native American photography in silver print format.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
