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Portrait of an Actor, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")

Artist James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee (American, 1886 - 1983)
Copy Right Holder James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Datenegative 1924; printed 1974
Mediumsilver-toned silver print
Dimensionsmat: 15 × 12 1/2 in. (38.1 × 31.8 cm)
image: 6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (16.5 × 12.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PHOTO
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust
Object numberM.2017.9.10
Edition24/75
Inscribedl.l. in pencil: X 24/75 l.r. in pencil: J. Van Derzee
On View
Not on view
Exhibitions
Teaching events
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Miss Suzie Porter, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1915; printed 1974
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Marcus Garvey and Militia, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1924; printed 1974
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Garveyite Family, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1924; printed 1974
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Swimming Team, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1925; printed 1974