James VanDerZee

1886–1983

James VanDerZee, Self-Portrait, 1918

James VanDerZee, Self-Portrait, 1918; © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Works Available

  • Untitled (Elks), 1925
  • vintage gelatin silver print
  • 4 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches / 12.1 x 26 cm
    3 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches / 9.5 x 24.1 cm sight size
  • signed

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  • Untitled, c.1926
  • vintage gelatin silver print
  • 5 x 7 1/4 inches / 12.7 x 18.4 cm
    4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches / 11.4 x 17.1 cm sight size

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  • Untitled (Portrait of a Boy in a Sailor Suit), 1927
  • silver print
  • 7 x 5 inches / 17.8 x 12.7 cm
  • signed

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  • Interior of G.G.G. Photo Studio, 1931
  • vintage gelatin silver print
  • 11 x 14 inches / 27.9 x 35.6 cm
    10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches / 26 x 33.7 cm sight size
  • signed

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  • Portrait of Girl with Fancy Dress, 1938
  • vintage gelatin silver print
  • 7 x 6 inches / 17.8 x 15.2 cm
    6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches / 15.9 x 10.8 cm sight size
  • signed

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  • Liggett's Drugstore Window with VanDerZee Photo Display, c.1940
  • vintage gelatin silver print
  • 8 x 10 inches / 20.3 x 25.4 cm

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  • Classroom #2, St. Marks School, NYC, 1941
  • vintage gelatin silver print
  • 8 x 10 inches / 20.3 x 25.4 cm
    7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches / 19.1 x 23.5 cm sight size
  • signed

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Biography

I wanted to make the camera take what I thought should be there.

— James VanDerZee [i]

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