Soldier

1944

James Van Der Zee

Associated Names
James Van Der Zee

Artist, American, 1886 - 1983

The artwork is a black-and-white photograph showing a man standing and facing the camera. The upper half of his body is visible. He is wearing a military uniform, which includes a double-breasted coat with buttons and a cap featuring an emblem. His facial expression is neutral. The background is blurred and includes a textured wall with a circular sign that says "U.S." on it. There is a handwritten note on the lower left corner of the image that reads "VAN DOE REED, 1944."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 19.6 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.127.13

  • Copyright

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

More About this Artwork

Scholarly Article:  James Van Der Zee’s Portrait Photographs: Technical Insights from the National Gallery of Art’s Prints

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 left in negative: VANDERZEE / NYC [underlined] / 1944; on verso, by Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee, upper center in graphite: TITLE: SOLDIER, 1944; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: VDVZ-109; bottom center: PF22910; bottom right: 280/224

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