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James Van Der Zee

Dancer, Harlem

Description

Maker

James Van Der Zee (American, 1886-1983)

Title

Dancer, Harlem
James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs

Year

1925, printed ca. 1973

Medium

  • gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

16.5 x 11.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in pencil below the image on the mat at left:IX 23 / 75; at right:J. Van Der Zee

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts

Object Number

80.232.9

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

One Voice, Many Visions
Work By African American Artists
Feb 20, 1998 – Jun 14, 1998
African-American Art from the Permanent Collection
Nov 18, 1994 – Feb 19, 1995

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James Van Der Zee (American, 1886-1983)
Dancer, Harlem; James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs, 1925, printed ca. 1973
Gelatin silver print
16.5 x 11.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches)
Museum purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts 80.232.9

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