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TitleHarlem Couple

Creator nameVan Der Zee, James

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1932

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

DimensionsUnknown

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002711328/

Accession numberLC-DIG-ppmsca-40883

SubjectsAutomobiles in artFur garments in artSocial status in artHarlem RenaissanceRacially mixed peoplePortrait photography--United StatesAfrican American artists

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2. New Negroes, Harlem, and Jazz (1900–1950)

Richard J. Powell

Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The...

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The Rise of Black Artists

Writing during the United States of Americas full court involvement in World War II, the Peabody Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Roi Ottley concluded that the African American path to “liberty and peace, and an enriched life, free from want, oppression, violence, and proscription,” was a thorny one ...

Author

Richard J. Powell

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.53-104

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00146.006

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Chapter subject tags:Harlem RenaissanceJazz in artAfrican American artists--United States--20th centuryDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963Locke, Alain, 1885-1954African American photographersRacism in artDouglas, AaronMotley, Archibald John, Jr., 1891-1981

Introduction

Alice T. Friedman

American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture

In recent years, Mid-Century Modern architecture and design have achieved unprecedented levels of popularity and critical recognition, not only among collectors and “retro-chic” aficionados but among academic historians and scholars as well. This new enthusiasm has resulted in a virtual tidal wave of books, museum exhibitions, and specialized websites devoted to topics ranging from the history of Googie coffee shops and the furnishing of Populuxe suburban houses to specialized studies of the …

Author

Alice T. Friedman

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-37

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00012.003

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Chapter subject tags:Architecture--United States--History--20th centuryArchitecture--AestheticsAesthetics, Modern--20th centuryArchitecture and society--United StatesMidcentury modern (Architecture)

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