James Van Der Zee

(Classroom)
1907

A black and white photograph of a classroom with rows of students sitting at ornate wooden desks, facing the camera. The students appear to be young African American children, both boys and girls, dressed in period attire. A teacher stands at the back of the room, and educational posters and a framed portrait are visible on the walls.

A black and white photograph of a classroom with rows of students sitting at ornate wooden desks, facing the camera. The students appear to be young African American children, both boys and girls, dressed in period attire. A teacher stands at the back of the room, and educational posters and a framed portrait are visible on the walls.

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Date
1907

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 9 7/8in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm) Image: 6 × 7 7/16in. (15.2 × 18.9 cm)

Accession number
2001.42

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/13533

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

James Van Der Zee
8 works in the collection

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