United States, Southwest, Navajo
1926
Silver print
14 × 10 3/4" (35.56 × 27.31 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, Arizona
This silver print by Frederic Allen Williams presents a close portrait of a Navajo man, photographed in 1926. The sitter is shown from the chest up, wearing a head scarf and patterned shirt, with the face strongly modeled by sunlight and shadow. The direct upward angle gives the portrait a more forceful visual presence than a conventional studio likeness.
Williams's composition reduces the background almost entirely, focusing attention on expression, age, and facial structure. The photograph is part of an early twentieth-century body of Southwest Native American portraiture in which individual sitters were recorded with both documentary and artistic intent. The print is in collector condition with private Phoenix provenance.
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United States, Southwest, Navajo
1926
Silver print
14 × 10 3/4" (35.56 × 27.31 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Phoenix, Arizona
This silver print by Frederic Allen Williams presents a close portrait of a Navajo man, photographed in 1926. The sitter is shown from the chest up, wearing a head scarf and patterned shirt, with the face strongly modeled by sunlight and shadow. The direct upward angle gives the portrait a more forceful visual presence than a conventional studio likeness.
Williams's composition reduces the background almost entirely, focusing attention on expression, age, and facial structure. The photograph is part of an early twentieth-century body of Southwest Native American portraiture in which individual sitters were recorded with both documentary and artistic intent. The print is in collector condition with private Phoenix provenance.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
