Art History From Home: Photography from James Van Der Zee to Dawoud Bey
Thurs, Feb 17, 2022
12 pm
James Van Der Zee, Cousin Susan Porter, 1915. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (19.1 × 16 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor 2001.40
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