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Dancer, Harlem, 1925 / J. Van DerZee. – Vintage Wall Art

Dancer, Harlem, 1925 / J. Van DerZee., [1925, printed ca. 1974] — historic photograph
Dancer, Harlem, 1925 / J. Van DerZee., [1925, printed ca. 1974]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Dancer, Harlem, 1925 / J. Van DerZee., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Dancer, Harlem, 1925 / J. Van DerZee.

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James Van DerZee made this portrait of a dancer in Harlem in 1925, a period when the neighborhood was at the height of the Harlem Renaissance and its nightlife, theaters and ballrooms drew performers from across the city. Van DerZee ran a studio on 135th Street and became known for carefully posed studio portraits of Harlem residents, many of them in elegant clothing against painted or draped backdrops. This print is a gelatin silver photograph from a later edition: it was issued around 1974 in an eighteen-photograph portfolio, numbered 2 of 75, and signed in pencil on the mount.

Created / published[1925, printed ca. 1974]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Gelatin silver prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle from portfolio table of contents. Signed in pencil on mount. In portfolio: James Van DerZee, eighteen photographs. Edition: 2/75. Washington, D.C. : Graphics International Ltd., 1974, plate IX.
SubjectsDancers--1920-1930. African Americans--Women--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,291 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180968

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