Man wearing ornate military-style jacket grasps his collar while looking to the side.

Photographs

Paul Robeson as the Emperor Jones

1933

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on board
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Mount: 13 11/16 × 10 7/8 × 1/16 in. (34.8 × 27.6 × 0.2 cm)
Accession number
2012.240
Acquired
2012
Credit line
Gift of Richard and Jackie Hollander in memory of Ellyn Hollander
Reproduction credit
© Conde Nast/ Getty Images
Edition
Vintage
Department
collection

About this work

Edward Steichen, Paul Robeson as the Emperor Jones, 1933. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Mount: 13 11/16 × 10 7/8 × 1/16 in. (34.8 × 27.6 × 0.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Richard and Jackie Hollander in memory of Ellyn Hollander 2012.240. © Conde Nast/ Getty Images

Exhibitions featuring the artist

Exhibitions in the Whitney's archive featuring any of the artists listed for this work. Artwork-level exhibition history is not published by the museum; the list below is artist-level.