Artist's arttributes:
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Photography |
Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 61 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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The Studio Museum in Harlem, USA |
12 |
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Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, USA |
10 |
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ICP - International Center of Photography, USA |
4 |
Biography: 
29.6.1886 Born in Lenox, MA (US)
15.5.1983 Died in Washington, DC (US)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 66  from 18.10.2014
until 26.5.
Solo shows 8
2010
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| Hi-Res - Expanding the Walls 2010 - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| James Van Der Zee: Harlem Photographer - Museum of the City of New York, New York City, NY |
2003
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| The Photographs of James Van Der Zee - Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY |
2002
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| James VanDerZee: Harlem Guaranteed - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
2001
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| James VanDerZee - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| James VanDerZee - Selections from the Sandor Family Collection Gift - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
1997
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| VanDerZee, Photographer (1886-1983) - Newcomb Art Gallery , New Orleans, LA |
1987
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| James van der Zee: Photographs - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY |
Group shows 56
2012
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| Say it Loud! - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| Photodocument: 20th-century American Photography And Found Text - Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA |
2011
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| Who, What, Wear Selections from the Permanent Collection - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| The Presence of Absence - Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC |
2010
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| Inside the Collection - Interiors from the Studio Museum - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Freedom of Expression: Politics and Aesthetics in African American Art - Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME |
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| Apple Pie: Symbols of Americana in MMoCA's Permanent Collection - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
2009
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| Icons of American Photographie - Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburg, PA |
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| Undercover: Performing and Transforming Black Female Identities - Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
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| Expanding the Walls: Making Connections between Photography, History and Community - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Connections - Jenkins Johnson Gallery - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
2008
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| Street & Studio. Eine urbane Geschichte der Fotografie - Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen |
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| Eye Notes - Expanding the Walls 2008 - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Street & Studio: an urban history of photography - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Highlights: African American Art from the Norton Collection - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
2007
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| Expanding the Walls - Shift in Focus - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Expanding the Walls - Beyond Sight - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Henry Ossawa Tanner and His Influence in America - The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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| Building Community: The African American Scene - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
2005
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| hrlm - pictures - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| Expanding the Walls - Reclaiming Beautiful - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| HairStories - 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
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| African American Art - Photographs from the Collection - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
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| African Queen - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
2004
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| Common Ground - Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| Ghost Stories - The Disembodied Spirit - Austin Museum of Art - AMOA, Austin, TX |
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| Stagestruck in America - rtists, Entertainers, & Audiences, 1906–1956 - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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| Legally Represented - Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL |
2003
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| HairStories - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Generations - African-American Art in the VMFA Collection - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA |
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| Challenge of the Modern: African American Artists 1925-1945 - The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY |
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, X - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
2002
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, IX - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Celebrating the Legacy III - African-American Art at the Corcoran - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
2001
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| Narratives of African American Art and identity - Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA |
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| More than One - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African-American Photography, The First 100 Years, 1842-1942 - Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME |
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, VIII - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
2000
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, VII - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1999
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| Narratives of African American Art and Identity - The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA |
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| Narratives of African-American Art and Identity - The David C. Driskell Collecti - Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME |
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, VI - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1998
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| The Cottingley Fairies and other Apparitions - Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York City, NY |
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| Harlem: Its Renaissance and After - NIU Art Museum - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL |
1997
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| Civil Progress: Life in Black America - Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, IV - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1996
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, III - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1995
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| African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, II - Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York City, NY |
1991
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| The Interrupted Life - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
1988
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| The Dog Show - Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1987
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| Midtown Review: A Look at Photography Books of 1987 - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
1981
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| America 20er-40er Jahre Amerikanischer Realismus - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1978
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| Photographes du XXe siècle : Stieglitz, Steichen et leurs successeurs - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1976
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| Masters of the Camera: Stieglitz, Steichen and Their Successors - ICP - International Center of Photography, New York City, NY |
Dealer Directory 4 |
USA
| | Alitash Kebede Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Gitterman Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Higher Pictures, New York City, NY
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Collections 7

USA
| | MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
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| | Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
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| | Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Catalogs
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