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James Van Der Zee
Self-Portrait in Boater Hatcirca 1925

Not on view
Sepia-toned studio portrait photograph, a Black man from the hips up in a dark suit, striped tie, and flat straw boater hat, body angled right, looking directly at the camera

James Van Der Zee, Self-Portrait in Boater Hat, circa 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
James Van Der Zee
United States, 1886-1983
Title
Self-Portrait in Boater Hat
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1925
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/16 × 6 15/16 in. (23.7 × 17.7 cm) Primary support: 9 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25 × 19.1 cm) Secondary support: 12 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (32.8 × 27.8 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.129
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
Copyright
© James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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