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James Van Der Zee

Marcus Garvey and Garvey Militia, Harlem,

Description

Maker

  • James Van Der Zee

Title

Marcus Garvey and Garvey Militia, Harlem

Medium

silver print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gelatin silver print

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Dimensions

24.5 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in the negative twice.Signed in pencil below te image on the mat, at left:VII 23 / 75; at right:J. Van Der Zee

Type

  • Photographs

Credit

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

Object Number

80.232.7

About

Marcus Garvey and Garvey Militia, Harlem
James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs

A Century of Black Photographers, 1840-1960

Signed in the negative twice.Signed in pencil below te image on the mat, at left:VII 23 / 75; at right:J. Van Der Zee

Projects & Publications

Publications

A Century of Black Photographers, 1840-1960

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Former Glory

July 27, 2018 - January 20, 2019

One Voice, Many Visions

February 20 - June 14, 1998

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James Van Der Zee

James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Marcus Garvey and Garvey Militia, Harlem with the accession number of 80.232.7. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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