A sepia-toned portrait photograph of a Black man with mid-length coiled hair, in a three-piece suit with his arm raised and index finger pointing up, and an altar with flower arrangements behind him.

Daddy Grace

James Van Der Zee (1886-1983)

Date

ca. 1938
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 9 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 8 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.c. in graphite: 1-P-1100-0
u.r. in ink: C-22f1
c. [stamp], five times: G.G.G. Photo Studio \ 2077-7th Ave., N.Y.C.
l.c. in graphite: 1-P-13-0
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1991.6
Copyright

© James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Location: Off view

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