Cornelius M. Battey Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1873 - d. 1927

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    • BATTEY, CORNELIUS M. (1873-1927) "When Dusky Twilight Begins to Gather 'Round Me."
      Dec. 11, 2012

      BATTEY, CORNELIUS M. (1873-1927) "When Dusky Twilight Begins to Gather 'Round Me."

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      BATTEY, CORNELIUS M. (1873-1927) "When Dusky Twilight Begins to Gather 'Round Me." Silver print, 9x6 3/4 inches (22.9x17.1 cm.), with Battey's Tuskegee Institute embossed blind stamp in the margin recto and a typewritten caption sheet affixed to verso. Circa 1905

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • CORNELIUS M. BATTEY [AMERICAN 1873-1927],
      Oct. 16, 2011

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY [AMERICAN 1873-1927],

      Est: $1,000 - $1,400

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY [AMERICAN 1873-1927], PHOTOGRAPH, 23" X 17", BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: Copyright by C. M. Battey, 1917, N.Y. Cornelius M Battey, photographer; framed.

      DuMouchelles
    • CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) The Sharecropper.
      Oct. 08, 2009

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) The Sharecropper.

      Est: $1,000 - $1,500

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) The Sharecropper. Silver print, circa 1920. 200x171 mm; 7 7/8x6 3/4 inches, full margins. With the artist's stamp, "C.M. Battey, Tuskegee Inst., Ala., Copyrighted," in the negative, lower right. Battey's range extended beyond standard portrait photography. Once he returned to the South to teach at Tuskegee Institute, he used his camera to capture the everyday lives of African Americans in the early 20th century.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) W. E. B. Du Bois.
      Oct. 08, 2009

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) W. E. B. Du Bois.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) W. E. B. Du Bois. Silver print, 1918. 343x260 mm; 13 1/2x10 1/4 inches. With the artist's embossed stamp, "The Photographic Division, C.M. Battey, Instructor, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama," lower left. This is one of the best known images of Du Bois, whom Battey met while living in New York. In 1909, Du Bois helped to found the NAACP and its magazine, The Crisis, which between 1915 and 1927 featured many of Battey's photographs on its covers.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Booker T. Washington.
      Oct. 08, 2009

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Booker T. Washington.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Booker T. Washington. Silver print, circa 1908. 235x171 mm; 9 1/4x6 3/4 inches. With the artist's stamp, "C.M. Battey, Tuskegee Inst., Ala., Copyrighted," in the negative, lower right. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881 as a place to educate African Americans in industrial and mechanical training. He died in 1915, one year before Battey become the head of the institute's first photography department.

      Swann Auction Galleries
    • CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Frederick Douglass.
      Oct. 08, 2009

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Frederick Douglass.

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      CORNELIUS M. BATTEY (1873 - 1927) Frederick Douglass. Silver print, circa 1895. 229x181 mm; 9x7 1/8 inches, wide margins. With the artist's stamp, "Copyrighted C.M. Battey," in the negative, lower right.

      Swann Auction Galleries
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