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  • • JAMES BLAND (B. 1979)
    Apr. 21, 2022

    • JAMES BLAND (B. 1979)

    Est: £100 - £150

    • JAMES BLAND (B. 1979) THE VIOLINIST Oil on canvas Image size: 49 x 80.5cm. (19¼ x 31¾in.) Framed size: 57.5 x 88cm. (22.63 x 34.64in.)

    Olympia Auctions
  • JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928), SHORELINE STUDY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT (Sight, 10” x 14”)
    Aug. 27, 2015

    JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928), SHORELINE STUDY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT (Sight, 10” x 14”)

    Est: -

    JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928)SHORELINE STUDY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT (Sight, 10” x 14”)Estimate: $80—120

    Waddington's
  • JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928), SHORELINE STUDY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT (Sight, 10” x 14”)
    Jul. 09, 2015

    JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928), SHORELINE STUDY, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT (Sight, 10” x 14”)

    Est: -

    JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928)SHORELINE STUDYWATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER LEFT (Sight, 10” x 14”)Estimate: $100—125

    Waddington's
  • Lyrics to Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Southern racist favorite - written and performed by Blacks
    Aug. 14, 2014

    Lyrics to Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Southern racist favorite - written and performed by Blacks

    Est: $120 - $180

    [James A. Bland] Carry Me Back to Old Virginny / Sung by Haverly’s Colored Minstrels (Henry J. Wehman, NY, ca. 1880) 5 x 8 ins., 1pg. in an ornamental border. No. 107 of Wehman’s series of song sheets, with lyrics and two choruses.

    PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
  • Great Ethiopian Songs. In the Evening by the Moonlight
    Oct. 24, 2013

    Great Ethiopian Songs. In the Evening by the Moonlight

    Est: $200 - $300

    3 pp. 14x10½" original wrappers, which are detached. Front cover illustrated with a portrait of Bland, "the best Ethiopian song writer in the world," beneath which, ironically, is a typically racist drawing, depicting  African-Americans in church.  James Alan Bland was probably the first famous African-American composer, a Howard University graduate who became known as “The Prince of Negro Songwriters”, composing over 700 songs – including “O Dem Golden Slippers” and “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”. Performing with a Black group in Europe for some 20 years, he was also called “The World’s Greatest Minstrel Man.” Original printings of his songs, such as this, are scarce. The lot also includes: Bland, James A. with [Colin] Cool Burgess, “In the Morning by the Bright Light” Songster. (NY, ca. 1880; “Favorite Dime Song Book” No. 94). Original printed wrappers, front wrapper with color portrait of singer. 61pp. of lyrics (no music) + 3pp. of publisher’s ads. Ironically, while few white Virginians knew that Bland, the composer of their favorite Reconstruction-era song was Black, Burgess, a caucasian “black-face” performer and Bland admirer, was sometimes thought to be Black. When Burgess shot a man in a New York bar who was having an affair with his estranged wife, the New York Times headline was:”Shot By A Negro Minstrel”. Many of the songs in the booklet are in stereotypic Negro dialect (“Dat Gay Old Nigger Ball”), but the title song was written and – notes Burgess - performed (to “unbounded applause”) by Bland. Rare; OCLC locates no institutional holding. The lot also includes: Bland, James A. with [Colin] Cool Burgess, “In the Morning by the Bright Light” Songster. (NY, ca. 1880; “Favorite Dime Song Book” No. 94). Original printed wrappers, front wrapper with color portrait of singer. 61pp. of lyrics (no music) + 3pp. of publisher’s ads. Ironically, while few white Virginians knew that Bland, the composer of their favorite Reconstruction-era song was Black, Burgess, a caucasian “black-face” performer and Bland admirer, was sometimes thought to be Black. When Burgess shot a man in a New York bar who was having an affair with his estranged wife, the New York Times headline was:”Shot By A Negro Minstrel”. Many of the songs in the booklet are in stereotypic Negro dialect (“Dat Gay Old Nigger Ball”), but the title song was written and – notes Burgess - performed (to “unbounded applause”) by Bland. Rare; OCLC locates no institutional holding.

    PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
  • JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928)
    Oct. 10, 2013

    JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928)

    Est: $150 - $200

    JAMES ALFRED ANTHONY BLAND (CANADIAN, 1856-1928) LAKE SCENE AT SUNSET; WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT (Sight, 3.5" X 4.8")

    Waddington's
  • James Alfred Anthony Bland (Canadian, 1856-1928) Three views around Pembroke, Ontario, Oiseau Rock, Calumet Island and another
    Nov. 30, 2009

    James Alfred Anthony Bland (Canadian, 1856-1928) Three views around Pembroke, Ontario, Oiseau Rock, Calumet Island and another

    Est: CAD1,000 - CAD1,500

    Three views around Pembroke, Ontario, Oiseau Rock, Calumet Island and another each signed 'J.A.Bland' (lower right and left) watercolour various sizes(3) 24 approx. x 43 approx.cm (9 7/16 x 16 15/16in).

    Bonhams
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