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Swiming Team, Harlem, 1925

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

Swiming Team, Harlem, 1925

1924-1973

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Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Mount: 318 x 381 mm. (12 1/2 x 15 in.) Image/Sheet: 68 x 237 mm. (2 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Saidie A. May Bequest Fund
Object Number 1975.22.11
From the colophon: "One of Mr. Van Der Zee's first loves was photographing children."
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.

Inscribed: RECTO:On mount, at lower left, in graphite: "XI 28/75"; on mount, at lower right, in graphite: "J. Van Der Zee," VERSO: On mount, at lower right, in graphite:"Swimming Team, Harlem, 1925"

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