Object number2021.36
Portrait of a Young Man with Boutonniere, Harlem
Date1934
Artist
James Van Der Zee
(American, 1886-1983)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.4 x 19.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed within negative lower left corner [backwards]: VANDERZEE
InscribedOn recto, by artist, within negative lower left corner [backwards]: NYC/1934; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower right edge in pencil: I-P-695-0
MarkingsOn recto, upper left center edge [backwards]: EASTMAN - SAFETY - KODAK 18
BibliographyNogrady, Elizabeth and Alyx Raz, eds. Making and Meaning: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, Hirmer Publishers, 2023, pp. 156-157ProvenancePhillips, New York, Photographs, April 8, 2021, lot 243Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionCool brown colored image of a young man in a suit sitting backward in a chair, photographed from the waist up. He glances to his right with a small smile and wears a tie, boutonniere, and a wrist watch. His hair is neatly parted and slicked back and his hands rest overtop each other over the back of the chair.
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