James Van Der Zee and Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
Black Jews, Harlem, 1929
1928-1973
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- Artist: James Van Der Zee
- Publishers: Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York
Black Jews, Harlem, 1929
1928-1973
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Mount: 318 x 380 mm. (12 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.)
Mount: 191 x 237 mm. (7 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Saidie A. May Bequest Fund
Object Number
1975.22.13
During the 1920s and 1930s, portrait photographer James Van Der Zee captured the diversity of Black life in Harlem, a thriving neighborhood in New York City. In hundreds of photographs, Van Der Zee documented the social events of residents of all economic classes and religions, as seen here. Couple, Harlem, 1932 celebrates a wealthy young couple posing in sumptuous fur coats with their sparkling Cadillac. Members of the congregation of the Moorish Zionist Temple, which was founded in 1921, are depicted in Black Jews, Harlem, 1929.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1975; Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.
BMA, "Harlem Views: Photographs by Aaron Siskind and James van der Zee," 2 December, 1986 - 1 March, 1987.
BMA, "The Face of America: Modernist Art, 1910-1950," 9 October - 29 December 1996.
BMA, American Wing rotation, November 29, 2022 - June 5, 2023.
BMA, "Harlem Views: Photographs by Aaron Siskind and James van der Zee," 2 December, 1986 - 1 March, 1987.
BMA, "The Face of America: Modernist Art, 1910-1950," 9 October - 29 December 1996.
BMA, American Wing rotation, November 29, 2022 - June 5, 2023.
Inscribed: RECTO:On mount, at lower left, in graphite: "XIII 28/75"; on mount, at lower right, in graphite: "J. Van Der Zee," VERSO: On mount, at lower right, in graphite:"Black Jews, Harlem, 1929"
