Atlantic City

1930, printed 1974

James Van Der Zee

Associated Names
James Van Der Zee

Artist, American, 1886 - 1983

Richard Benson

Printer, American, 1943 - 2017

Three women are lying on a sandy beach. Two women are propped on one elbow, while the third is reclining against them. The women are wearing swimsuits and one is holding a cigarette. In the background, there are other people on the beach, some standing or sitting, and a pier with lampposts extending towards large buildings in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 16.5 × 10 cm (6 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.)
    mount: 38.1 × 31.7 cm (15 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.22.1.14

  • Portfolio Title

    James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs

  • Copyright

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

Associated Artworks

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The image shows an elderly woman seated in a chair on a porch. She faces forward with a relaxed posture, wearing a gray gown with decorative elements. She has curly gray hair, a headpiece, and several necklaces and a brooch. There are potted flowers on a side table near her, and the background shows trees and window shutters.

Mrs. Turner, Lenox, Massachusetts

James Van Der Zee, Richard Benson

1905

This is a rectangular gray box with the inscription "JAMES VAN DERZEE" on one side in capitalized white letters. The box has a textured covering, and the side with the lettering appears separate, as if it could be pulled out of the box.

James Van Der Zee: Eighteen Photographs

James Van Der Zee, Richard Benson

1905

This is a black-and-white photograph of a classroom with students seated in ornate wooden desks. The room is lit with natural light coming in from large windows at the top. The walls are wooden and decorated with papers and photographs, including a framed portrait on the right. There are rows of desks with detailed metalwork on the side panels, and while some of the desks closest to us are empty, there are several rows of students in the center of the photograph. The students are mostly facing the left, but some turn their heads to look at us. Many of them hold books. They are dressed formally, and most appear to have dark skin, although one or two seem to have lighter skin. In the back a woman with dark skin stands behind the desks, her arms behind her back, wearing a white dress.

Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Virginia

James Van Der Zee, Richard Benson

1907

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Estate of Harry H. Lunn, Jr.; Myriam Lunn, New York, 1998; NGA purchase (through Florence Lunn, New York), 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: J Van Der Zee

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