The Heiress

James Van Der Zee · 1938

This one's called The Heiress — a photograph by the American artist James Van Der Zee, nineteen thirty-eight. It's gelatin silver print, about 20 by 24 centimeters. In the picture, look for the interior room. James Van Der Zee was part of the Harlem Renaissance movement.

Medium Gelatin silver print · Dimensions 7 3/4 × 9 5/8" (19.7 × 24.5 cm) · Credit The Family of Man Fund

Hanging beside it in Gallery 510: Easter Sunday in Harlem, New York, Untitled

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Untitled, Untitled (International Surrealist Exhibition, Paris), iamb: Chapter 12, Excerpts and Exceptions, with Painting Rack, The Piano Lesson, The Red Studio, TV-Dé-coll/age, no. 1

More by James Van Der Zee here: Couple, Harlem