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Wedding Party of Four

Black-and-white photograph of four brown-skinned figures. A woman in a white wedding dress and veil is seated in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is flanked by two standing men wearing tuxedos, and one standing woman who wears an elaborate dress and holding flowers. The painted backdrop is a faux classical scene, with an arch and a fake window.

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  • Black-and-white photograph of four brown-skinned figures. A woman in a white wedding dress and veil is seated in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is flanked by two standing men wearing tuxedos, and one standing woman who wears an elaborate dress and holding flowers. The painted backdrop is a faux classical scene, with an arch and a fake window.

Date:

1927

Artist:

James Van Der Zee
American, 1886–1983

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

James VanDerZee

Title

Wedding Party of Four

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1927

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Inscribed or on negative recto, lower right, in white: "VANDERZEE / NYC / 1927"; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "2 - 4[encircled]" verso, upper center, in graphite: "TITLE: WEDDING PORTRAIT OF FOUR, 1927 / PHOTOGRAPHER: JAMES VANDERZEE / COPYRIGHT © BY DONNA MUSSENDEN VANDERZEE / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / VINTAGE PRINT / CERTIFIED: Donna Mussenden VDZ / November 2003"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "Z80:1:523B / 1-10-8/6-0"

Dimensions

Image: 24.6 × 20 cm (9 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.1 cm (10 × 7 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Director's Fund

Reference Number

2004.103

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