- Photograph by
- Van Der Zee, James, American, 1886 - 1983
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 8 1/8 × 5 in. (20.6 × 12.7 cm)
- H x W (image): 6 13/16 × 4 15/16 in. (17.3 × 12.5 cm)
- Description
- A toned gelatin silver print which features a woman in the center foreground of a studio portrait. She wears an elaborate feathered headdress, cape, and gilded corset. The corset has a low hanging fringe of metallic loops which extend past the proper waist and lay against the upper thighs. The woman also wears what appear to be voluminous harem pants. Her PR hand is placed on her PR hip while her PL hand is held aloft just behind her PL hip. The background behind her is a backdrop of a formal interior; a chair draped with a quilt features prominently in the bottom right corner of the foreground.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.166.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © James Van Der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




