Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Nude, Harlem
1923; printed 1974
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A gelatin silver print photograph of a nude woman, seated with her arms around her knees. She is shown in profile from the proper left side, seated on blanket covered cushions, looking towards a painted backdrop of a fireplace. The backdrop continues behind her with a painted staircase. The print inscribed in the lower margin: [VI 60/75] at left and signed [J. Van Der Zee] at right.
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Catalog reference: 2017.57