"Beautiful Bride"
c. 1930
Artist, American, 1886 - 1983

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 24.77 × 19.37 cm (9 3/4 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 20 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2021.33.1
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Copyright
© James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Estate of James Van Der Zee, New York; Donna Van Der Zee, New York; NGA purchase, 2021.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower left in negative, perpendicular: NYC / VANDERZEE;
on verso, by Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee, top right in graphite: TITLE: BEAUTIFUL BRIDE, c. 1930; / PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES VAN DER ZEE / COPYRIGHT © DONNA VAN DER ZEE / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / VINTAGE PRINT / CERTIFIED: Donna Mussenden VDZ / REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION