James Van Der Zee and Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
Couple, Harlem, 1932
1931-1973
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- Artist: James Van Der Zee
- Publishers: Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
Couple, Harlem, 1932
1931-1973
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Mount: 318 x 381 mm. (12 1/2 x 15 in.)
Image/Sheet: 189 x 239 mm. (7 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Saidie A. May Bequest Fund
Object Number
1975.22.16
During the 1920s and 1930s, portrait photographer James Van Der Zee captured the diversity of Black life in Harlem, a thriving neighborhood in New York City. In hundreds of photographs, Van Der Zee documented the social events of residents of all economic classes and religions, as seen here. Couple, Harlem, 1932 celebrates a wealthy young couple posing in sumptuous fur coats with their sparkling Cadillac. Members of the congregation of the Moorish Zionist Temple, which was founded in 1921, are depicted in Black Jews, Harlem, 1929.
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Inscribed: RECTO: lower left in negative: "VANDERZEE / N.Y.C. / 1932"; on mount, lower left in graphite: "XVI 28/75"; on mount, lower right in graphite: "J. Van DerZee" VERSO: on mount, lower right in graphite: "Couple, Harlem, 1932."
Publishers
Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
2000–2000
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