Queen Chewa of Tewa
Catalogue
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Platinum print
- Dimensions
- Image: 4.7 × 3 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.); Paper: 5 × 3.3 cm (2 × 1 5/16 in.); Hinged paper: 8.8 × 8 cm (3 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Adam Clark Vroman
Artist
Printmaking
Adam Clark Vroman was an American photographer and ethnographer active from the 1890s until his death in 1916. Working primarily in the American Southwest, he documented Native American communities, particularly the Hopi and Zuni peoples, with a documentary approach that distinguished his work from the staged ethnographic photography of his contemporaries. His photographs, made on platinum paper and glass plates, combine technical precision with sustained engagement in specific communities over many years. Vroman's archive constitutes a significant visual record of early twentieth-century Southwestern indigenous life and material culture.
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Record
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- Adam Clark Vroman
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Platinum print
- Dimensions
- Image: 4.7 × 3 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.); Paper: 5 × 3.3 cm (2 × 1 5/16 in.); Hinged paper: 8.8 × 8 cm (3 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1895-112409
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified