Portrait of a Family

c. 1940

American 20th Century

Artist

James Van Der Zee

Printer, American, 1886 - 1983

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 × 19.6 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.127.2

  • Copyright

    © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Van Der Zee, New York; Donna Van Der Zee, New York; NGA purchase (through Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: James VanDerZee; by Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee, upper center in graphite: TITLE: FAMILY PORTRAIT, c. 1940 / PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES VAN DER ZEE / COPYRIGHT © DONNA MUSSENDEN VANDERZEE / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / VINTAGE PRINT / REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED / CERTIFIED: Donna Mussenden VDR; lower right stamped in blue ink: G.G.G. PHOTO STUDIO / 2077-7th Ave., N.Y.C.; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 30; bottom center: PF138521

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