Ten Piece Engagement

James Van Der Zee, American, 1886 - 1983

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1926

Gelatin silver print

Overall: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1937 Fund and the Charles F. Venrick 1936 Fund

PH.2000.29

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, upper right: TITLE: TEN PIECE ENGAGEMENT, 1926 / PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES VANDERZEE / COPYRIGHT C[circled] DONNA MUSSENDEN VANDERZEE / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / VINTAGE PRINT / REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION / CERTIFIED: Donna Mussenden VDZ

Course History

AAAS 91.1, ENGL 53.18, The Harlem Renaissance, J. Martin Favor, Winter 2015

African and African American Studies 7.01, Picturing African American History, Michael Chaney, Spring 2024

Theater 10.55, African and African American Studies 32.15, Curating Black Theater, Monica Ndounou, Spring 2024

Provenance

G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2000.

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