Date
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Inscribed recto, lower right, in white pencil[?]: "NYC VANDERZEE / 1939"; inscribed verso, upper center, in graphite: "TITLE: RIDING HABIT, 1939 / PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES VANDERZEE / COPYRIGHT RETAINED / VINTAGE PRINT / CERTIFIED: Donna Mussenden VDZ"; verso, lower left, in graphite: "PF 9927"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "Z[or 2]80 - 1.35A"
Dimensions
23.9 × 19 cm (image); 25.2 × 20.3 (mount)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Anstiss and Ronald Krueck in memory of her mother, Florence Pierson Hammond
Reference Number
2000.331
Extended information about this artwork
Westerbeck, Colin. 2004. “The James VanDerZee Studio.” Exh. cat. The Art Institute of Chicago. p. 18.
Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 369, p. 375 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).
Art Institute of Chicago, “The James VanDerZee Studio,” January 24–April 25, 2004. (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Field Guide to Photography and Media,” Nov. 10, 2022–Apr. 10, 2023.
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