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Photographer:

Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934  Search this

Extent:

19 Photographs

Culture:

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

September 1888

Summary:

This collection contains 19 photographs of the A:shiwi (Zuni) reservation in New Mexico, September 1888. The photographs may have been shot by field naturalist Edward W. Nelson.

Scope and Contents:

P18754-18772

This collection contains 19 photographs believed to have been shot by Edward W. Nelson in September 1888. The photographs depict scenes from the A:shiwi (Zuni) reservation and surrounding areas in western New Mexico. The photographs include landscapes and flora; activities such as carrying water and husking corn; scenes of the village including gardens and multi-level adobe buildings; and portraits.

The original acquisition paperwork lists E. N. Nelson as the photographer. However, after further research, it is believed that the photographs may have been shot by Edward William Nelson, who was a field naturalist for the U.S. Government and was living in Arizona at the time these photographs were shot. The photographer's handwritten notes that accompanied this set of photographs, indicate that they conducted a previous survey in 1886, which indicates that these images were most likely photographed for professional purposes. Additionally, the handwriting in the NMAI note appears to match the handwriting in Edward W. Nelson's fieldnotes held by Smithsonian Institution Archives. Further research will be required to positively identify the photographer.

Arrangement:

Photographs arranged in folders by catalog #.

Biographical / Historical:

It is uncertain if Edward W. Nelson is photographer of this collection or if E. N. Nelson is. Additional research is required.

Below is a biography of Edward W. Nelson from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives (collection ID: NAA.PhotoLot.171).

Edward William Nelson (1855-1934) was an explorer and naturalist for the United States government known for his studies in Alaska, California and Mexico. Born near Manchester, New Hampshire, Nelson grew up with an ardent interest in birds and the outdoors. With the help of Henry W. Henshaw and Smithsonian Assistant Secretary Spencer F. Baird, he gained a post as a weather observer with the Signal Corps in 1877. Nelson was stationed in St. Michael, Alaska, for the next four years, during which time he collected ethnological data and natural history collections for the Smithsonian Institution. In 1890, Nelson joined the Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture as a Special Field Agent on the Death Valley Expedition of Clinton Hart Merriam. After this Expedition disbanded in 1891, Nelson continued to work in California under orders from the Bureau and met his future expedition partner Edward Alphonso Goldman. A three month field survey in Mexico in 1892 evolved into fourteen years of research by the pair, during which they made extensive investigations of Mexican mammalogy, ornithology, and ethnology. Following these studies, Nelson moved into an administrative role in the Bureau, holding appointments as Chief Field Naturalist, 1907-1912; Assistant in Charge of Biological Investigations, 1913-1914; Assistant Chief, 1914-1916; Chief, 1916-1927; and Senior Biologist, 1927-1929.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives and Smithsonian Institution Archives also hold Edward W. Nelson collections.

Separated Materials:

Handwritten notes by the photographer are in the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records (NMAI.AC.001) in box/folder B297.13a

Provenance:

Gift of Robert F. Hale, 1956.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edward W. Nelson photographs from New Mexico, image #, NMAI.AC.311; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.311

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

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Artist:

Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

23 7/8 x 20 in. (60.5 x 50.8 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

(c. 1899)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.1486

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

17 1/2 × 38 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (44.2 × 96.8 × 15.7 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1951)/(cast 1957)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2038

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School:

Surrealism (European)/Postwar European

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Artist:

Henri Laurens, French, b. Paris, 1885–1954  Search this

Medium:

Alabaster

Dimensions:

6 3/8 x 12 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (16.1 x 32.4 x 9.5 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1927)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.2904

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Artist:

Balthus, French, b. Paris, 1908–2001  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

58 1/4 x 78 3/8 in. (148.0 x 199.0 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

(1944-1946)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Accession Number:

66.347

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School:

Postwar European

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Andy Warhol, American, b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1928–1987  Search this

Medium:

Acrylic, screenprint ink, and graphite on canvas

Dimensions:

panel (A (left)): 82 3/4 x 80 3/4 in. (210.2 x 205.1 cm) panel (B (right)): 82 3/4 x 82 3/8 in. (210.2 x 209.2 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1962

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Accession Number:

72.313

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School:

Pop Art (American)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py296031519-b904-4688-ac61-031b7d8b86cc

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, fabric, felt, metal, thread, yarn, and plastic

Dimensions:

including base: 36 1/2 x 11 x 7 5/8 in. (92.6 x 27.9 x 19.4 cm); figure: 20 3/4 x 11 x 5 3/4 in. (52.5 x 27.9 x 14.5 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1977

Accession Number:

77.21

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py288d54941-9ebe-4098-a98b-ab35abb61ef3

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, metal, tin, fabric, thread, and plastic

Dimensions:

20 3/8 x 10 x 5 1/2 in. (51.6 x 25.3 x 14 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1977

Accession Number:

77.22

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, fabric, felt, ribbon, metal, thread, and plastic

Dimensions:

including base: 37 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (94.2 x 23.3 x 29.8 cm); figure: 23 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (59.5 x 23.3 x 23.2 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1976

Accession Number:

77.23

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Oscar Bluemner, American, b. Hanover, Germany, 1867–1938  Search this

Medium:

Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper

Dimensions:

sheet (irreg.): 8 3/4 × 10 5/16 in. (22.1 × 26.1 cm) image: 7 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (18 × 23.9 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1934

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph Erdelac, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978

Accession Number:

78.59

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py20f9cfdb3-e38f-4128-b751-40b2931a1e5e

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Artist:

Beverly Pepper, American, b. New York CIty, 1922–2020  Search this

Medium:

Stainless steel and paint

Dimensions:

101 1/2 x 90 x 83 in. (257.8 x 228.6 x 210.8 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1967)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1980

Accession Number:

80.37

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

H.C. Westermann, American, b. Los Angeles, California, 1922–1981  Search this

Medium:

Plywood, metal, bottlecap, and string on plywood base

Dimensions:

23 1/4 x 24 x 19 3/8 in. (59.0 x 60.8 x 49.0 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1958-1959

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Allan Frumkin, 1984

Accession Number:

84.41

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School:

Chicago Imagism

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, fabric, felt, metal, plastic, nails, and wire

Dimensions:

21 1/2 X 10 3/4 X 7 1/2 IN. (54.5 X 27.3 X 19.0 CM.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.1787

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2fc5a8ad7-6c63-40a7-957c-36ed7bb11971

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, fabric, nails, and plastic

Dimensions:

20 1/8 X 13 1/8 X 9 IN. (VARIABLE) (51.0 X 33.1 X 22.8 CM.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.1788

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, fabric, felt, copper, leather, nails, screweyes, and thread

Dimensions:

21 1/4 X 10 7/8 X 8 5/8 IN. (VARIABLE) (53.8 X 27.5 X 21.8 CM.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.1789

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Alexandra Exter, Ukrainian, b. Belostok near Kiev, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, fabric, felt, metal, plastic, thread, and nails

Dimensions:

18 3/4 X 18 5/8 X 8 1/2 IN. (47.7 X 47.2 X 21.6 CM.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.1790

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Artist:

Lee Krasner, American, b. Brooklyn, New York, 1908–1984  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

51 5/8 × 81 1/8 in. (128.6 × 206.1 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1966

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.2768

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School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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Artist:

Roy Lichtenstein, American, b. New York City, 1923–1997  Search this

Medium:

Oil and magna on canvas

Dimensions:

48 1/8 X 68 IN. (122.3 X 172.7 CM.)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1967

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.3042

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School:

Pop Art (American)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2c33662d4-94d2-4642-a887-575efe1cd772

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Artist:

Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976  Search this

Medium:

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 12 × 19 in. (30.8 × 48.2 cm) image: 10 × 11 3/4 in. (25.4 × 29.8 cm)

Type:

Print

Date:

1917

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.65

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School:

Geometric Abstraction

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Artist:

Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976  Search this

Medium:

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 11 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (30.1 × 41.2 cm) image: 9 × 13 3/4 in. (22.9 × 34.9 cm)

Type:

Print

Date:

1917

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.68

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School:

Geometric Abstraction

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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