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Black Jews, Harlem, 1929 - Image 1
Black Jews, Harlem, 1929 - Image 2

James Van Der Zee and Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York

Black Jews, Harlem, 1929

1928

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Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Mount: 318 x 380 mm. (12 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.) Mount: 191 x 237 mm. (7 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Saidie A. May Bequest Fund
Object Number 1975.22.13
From the colophon:"One of the most lasting religious sects in the Harlem community has been the Moorish Jews."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1975; Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.

BMA, "Harlem Views: Photographs by Aaron Siskind and James van der Zee," 2 December, 1986 - 1 March, 1987.

BMA, "The Face of America: Modernist Art, 1910-1950," 9 October - 29 December 1996.

BMA, American Wing rotation, November 29, 2022 - June 5, 2023.

Inscribed: RECTO:On mount, at lower left, in graphite: "XIII 28/75"; on mount, at lower right, in graphite: "J. Van Der Zee," VERSO: On mount, at lower right, in graphite:"Black Jews, Harlem, 1929"

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