Walpi (Moki Town) from North
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Accession Number
1994.91.274
Tags
Art Historical Context
Adam Clark Vroman’s 1895 photoprint “Walpi (Moki Town) from North” offers a striking view of the Hopi pueblo of Walpi, perched dramatically atop a mesa in the American Southwest. The image highlights the town’s compact stone architecture nestled against the rugged mountain landscape, emphasizing both its defensive position and harmonious relationship with the surrounding terrain. As a photoprint from the late nineteenth century, it serves as a valuable historical record of Hopi life and architecture at a time when such communities were increasingly documented by outsiders. Vroman’s work belon...