James Van Der Zee and Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
Couple, Harlem, 1932
1931
Scroll
- Artist: James Van Der Zee
- Publishers: Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
Couple, Harlem, 1932
1931
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
From colophon: "Mr. Van Der Zee's interest in the everyday lifestyle of his people resulted in this portrait of a couple he happened to encounter one afternoon."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1975; Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "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, "BMA Collects: African-American Art," 21 January - 18 March, 1990.
Easton, Academy of the Arts, "The Face of America: Modernist American Art 1910-1950," 12 September - 25 October 1997.
James Smalls, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 7, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
Lauren Haney, BMA, Harlem Renaissance rotation, Link-Benesch Gallery, 1 February 2010 - 10 May 2010.
BMA, American Wing rotation, November 29, 2022 - June 5, 2023.
BMA, "Harlem Views: Photographs by Aaron Siskind and James van der Zee," 2 December, 1986 - 1 March, 1987.
BMA, "BMA Collects: African-American Art," 21 January - 18 March, 1990.
Easton, Academy of the Arts, "The Face of America: Modernist American Art 1910-1950," 12 September - 25 October 1997.
James Smalls, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and his Influence in America," The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 7, 2006 - December 3, 2006.
Lauren Haney, BMA, Harlem Renaissance rotation, Link-Benesch Gallery, 1 February 2010 - 10 May 2010.
BMA, American Wing rotation, November 29, 2022 - June 5, 2023.
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."
