James Van Der Zee, New York

Photography and Media

February 11, 1983, printed 1984

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Irving Penn
Title: James Van Der Zee, New York
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1983
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Edition: of 13
Dimensions: Image: 37.7 × 37.4 cm (14 7/8 × 14 3/4 in.); Paper: 55 × 40.7 cm (21 11/16 × 16 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Irving Penn
Reference Number: 1998.61
Copyright: Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

Foresta, Merry A. and William F. Stapp. 1990. “Irving Penn: Master Images.” Exh. cat. National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 151, cat. 115. (other print of this image)
Penn, Irving. 1991. “Passage: A Work Record.” Knopf. p. 251. (other print of this image)

Art Institute of Chicago, “Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered,” January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs by the Score: Personal Visions Twenty-Some Years Apart,” October 7, 2006–January 14, 2007. (David Travis)

Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1998.

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