"Beautiful Bride"

c. 1930

James Van Der Zee

Artist, American, 1886 - 1983

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • 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

  • Copyright

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

More About this Artwork

Scholarly Article:  James Van Der Zee’s Portrait Photographs

Article:  James Van Der Zee’s Retouched Portraits

To present sitters in the best possible light and perfect his portrait photographs, 20th-century Harlem photographer Van Der Zee even drew jewelry onto his negatives.

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

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