James Van Der Zee
Funeral Parlor

Funeral Parlor

(C) Donna Mussenden VanDerZee.

Funeral Parlor
Funeral Parlor
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Funeral Parlor
Date1933
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (19.4 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.3 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nina and Michael Zilkha in honor of Howard Greenberg
Object number99.16
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery LLC, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "1918.736 NFS", "4[circled]"
bottom right corner[upside down] "12[circled]"
upper right edge reading vertically "PF 4020"
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, center: "1933 / James Vanderzee"
recto of image lower right in white reading vertically "VANDERZEE NYC / 1933"
verso center two identical stamps "G.G.G. Photo Studio / 2065-7th Ave., New York"

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