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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1995.51
People
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee, American (Lenox, Massachusetts 1886 - 1983 Washington, DC)
Title
Chief Lee
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1924
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/281171

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.2 x 17.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: James Van Der Zee, 1924
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 1924 James Van Der Zee Chief Lee
  • inscription: negative: James Van Der Zee 1924

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George A. Violin, Dover, MA, purchased from G.W. Einstein Co., Inc., NY, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. George A. Violin
Copyright
© 1969 Van Der Zee
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
P1995.51
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Photographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/29/2000 - 07/23/2000

Verification Level

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