United States, Southwest, Navajo
1913
Photogravure on cream-colored paper
Image: 12 1/2 × 8" (31.8 × 20.3 cm) | Paper: 18 × 14" (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Provenance: Utah trade
This 1913 photogravure by Roland W. Reed is titled Shepherd of the Hills and depicts a Navajo elder in close portrait format, with careful attention to facial expression, jewelry, and textile rendered in strong tonal contrast on cream paper. Reed was part of the early twentieth-century pictorialist movement in Native American photography, a style that emphasized controlled lighting, composition, and atmosphere to produce images with artistic presence alongside documentary claims.
The sitter wears layered necklaces and a headband, with the close framing giving the portrait a direct and considered quality characteristic of Reed's work. As a Navajo subject, the photograph belongs within the Southwest region and is presented with the cultural specificity the available documentation supports. The print is in collector condition with Utah trade provenance.
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United States, Southwest, Navajo
1913
Photogravure on cream-colored paper
Image: 12 1/2 × 8" (31.8 × 20.3 cm) | Paper: 18 × 14" (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
Provenance: Utah trade
This 1913 photogravure by Roland W. Reed is titled Shepherd of the Hills and depicts a Navajo elder in close portrait format, with careful attention to facial expression, jewelry, and textile rendered in strong tonal contrast on cream paper. Reed was part of the early twentieth-century pictorialist movement in Native American photography, a style that emphasized controlled lighting, composition, and atmosphere to produce images with artistic presence alongside documentary claims.
The sitter wears layered necklaces and a headband, with the close framing giving the portrait a direct and considered quality characteristic of Reed's work. As a Navajo subject, the photograph belongs within the Southwest region and is presented with the cultural specificity the available documentation supports. The print is in collector condition with Utah trade provenance.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
