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The Heiress, 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 1938; printed 1974
Mediumsepia-toned silver print
Dimensionsmat: 12 1/2 × 15 in. (31.8 × 38.1 cm)
image: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PHOTO
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Otis Family Acquisition Trust
Object numberM.2017.9.17
Edition24/75
Inscribedl.l. in pencil: XVII 24/75 l.r. in pencil: J. Van Derzee
On View
Not on view
Exhibitions
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Nude, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1923; printed 1974
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Dancer, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1924; printed 1974
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Black Jews, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1929; printed 1974
© Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee
Daddy Grace, Harlem (from "Eighteen Photographs")
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
negative 1938; printed 1974