Mock Wedding

c. 1930

James Van Der Zee

Associated Names
James Van Der Zee

Artist, American, 1886 - 1983

The photo features two individuals in a formal studio setting. The boy is standing to the left, and the girl is seated to his right. The boy wears a dark suit with a white shirt, a bow tie, and holds white gloves. The girl wears a white dress with puffed sleeves, a veil, and holds a bouquet of flowers. The backdrop includes a large potted plant, a curtain, and a painted scene of countryside hills.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 15.4 × 10.3 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.127.11

  • Copyright

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

More About this Artwork

Article:  34 Artworks About Love at the National Gallery

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

2016

  • A Democracy of Imagery. Exh. cat. Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 2016: pl. 99.

Inscriptions

on verso, center stamped in blue ink: G.G.G. PHOTO STUDIO, / 2065-7th AVE. NEW YORK; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF55649H

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