Violinist
c. 1956
Artist, American, 1886 - 1983

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23.9 × 17.7 cm (9 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 25.2 × 19.5 cm (9 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2019.127.3
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Copyright
© James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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
signed by artist, lower right in negative partially visible: VAND; on verso, by Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee, upper center in graphite: TITLE: VIOLINIST, c. 1956 / PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES VAN DER ZEE / COPYRIGHT © DONNA MUSSENDEN VANDERZEE / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / VINTAGE PRINT / REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED / CERTIFIED: Donna Mussenden VDR; center and lower center stamped twice in black ink: GGG PHOTO STUDIO / 297 LENOX AVE. / NEW YORK 27 N.Y.; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 19; bottom center: PF138507