Roy DeCarava Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Roy DeCarava Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 10, 2024
Self-Portrait
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs Roy DeCarava 1919 - 2009 Self-Portrait gelatin silver print, signed in ink in the margin, mounted image: 10 by 13⅛ in. (25.4 by 33.3 cm.) Executed in the 1960s. Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com
Sotheby's
Oct. 19, 2023
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) "Kids God Bless," 1950s
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) "Kids God Bless," 1950s Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted and printed c. 1960, titled and notation '5 on 3' and '16' in pencil on the flush-mount verso; accompanied by a jazz album by the Kenny Drew Trio, with this image on its cover. image/ flush-mount: 14 x 20in. (35.5 x 50.8cm.) Provenance: With with Argosy Books Prints, New York; The Collection of Harry Belafonte; with Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art, New York, acquired 2014 Going outside and meeting the challenge of taking what is and making it yours, that's what photography does for me. ROY DECARAVA
Hindman
Aug. 30, 2023
ROY DeCARAVA (1919-2009, American), Apartment for Rent 1977-78
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROY DeCARAVA (1919-2009, American) Apartment for Rent 1977-78 gelatin silver print 14.5 x 21.0 cm (image); 20.5 x 25.5 cm (sheet) edition size unknown signed verso: [illeg.] CARAVA
Menzies
Apr. 27, 2023
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man Coming Up Subway Stairs.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man Coming Up Subway Stairs. Silver print, the image measuring 13 3/8x9 3/8 inches (34x23.8cm.), the mount 18 3/4x15 inches (47.6x38.1 cm.), with DeCarava's signature in pencil on mount recto. 1952
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 20, 2022
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Portrait of the singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson.
Est: $700 - $1,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Portrait of the singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson. Photogravure, the image measuring 11 1/8x8 3/8 inches (28.3x21.3 cm.), the sheet 22x18 inches (55.9x45.7 cm.), with DeCarava's signature, negative date, and edition notation 45/50 in pencil on recto. 1950; printed 1990s
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 04, 2022
Roy Rudolph DeCarava, 1919-2009, Detail
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Roy Rudolph DeCarava 1919-2009 Detail 1949 color screenprint on cream wove paper 9-3/8 x 11-1/2 inches (image), full margins signed, titled, numbered 19/32 Provenance: Anne Kurakin, the artist's second wife to private collection, Minnesota.
Black Art Auction
Apr. 14, 2022
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Graduation.
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Graduation. Silver print, the image measuring 8 7/8x13 inches (22.5x32.8 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.7x35.3 cm.), with DeCarava's signature and print date in ink on recto. 1949; printed 1982 WITH--Roy DeCarava. Roy DeCarava, Photographs.The first copy of a deluxe limited edition, numbered and signed by the photographer. A collection of photographs depicting everyday life in New York City by the first Black artist to receive a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Edited by James Alinder. Introduction by Sherry Turner DeCarava. Small folio, black-stamped cloth; in a matching slipcase with a leather title label. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY DECARAVA. The Friends of Photography, Inc., (1981)
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 07, 2021
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Bass Player, Small's, New York.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Bass Player, Small's, New York. Silver print, 1956, printed in 1981. 355x279 mm; 14x11 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "printed in 1981" in ink, left edge verso. Provenance: private collection, New York (1982), purchased from Witkin Gallery, New York. Roy DeCarava frequently photographed jazz musicians throughout New York City. DeCarava was interested in documenting the essence, versatility, and talent of both famous and less well-known jazz musicians. The dark basements of jazz clubs and their nocturnal activities were also well suited to his aesthetic. DeCarava here captures the image of a bassist passionately playing the double bass while sweating profusely at Smalls Paradise. Smalls Paradise (often called Small's Paradise and Smalls' Paradise, was a nightclub in Harlem, located in the basement of 2294 Seventh Avenue. It opened in 1925 and was owned by Ed Smalls a nightclub owner throughout the Harlem Renaissance. During the era, Smalls Paradise was the only well-known of the Harlem nightclubs to be African American owned and integrated. It became the longest-operating jazz club in Harlem before it closed in 1986.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 04, 2021
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009); Cycle of Blue Collar Workers, New York, NY;
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Cycle of Blue Collar Workers, New York, NY, 1963 Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1983, credit, title and date in pencil on the verso. 8 1/2 x 8 1/2in (21.5 x 21.5cm) sheet 14 x 11in (35.5 x 28cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 27, 2021
ROY DECARAVA (1919-1919) Catsup Bottles, Table and Coat, New York.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-1919) Catsup Bottles, Table and Coat, New York. Silver print, the image measuring 8 3/4x13 inches (22.2x33 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.9x35.6 cm.), with DeCarava's signature, in ink, and the title, dates, and copyright notation, in ink, in an unknown hand, on recto. 1952; printed 1982
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 18, 2021
HUGHES, Langston (1902-1967). -- DE CARAVA, Roy (1919-2009). The Sweet Flypaper of Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955.
Est: $600 - $800
HUGHES, Langston (1902-1967). -- DE CARAVA, Roy (1919-2009). The Sweet Flypaper of Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. 8vo. Numerous black and white photographs. Original printed wrappers (some very minor soiling or slight rubbing.) FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY LANGSTON HUGHES AND ROY DE CARAVA, October 30th, 1955. "It is one of the most successful collaborations between a great writer and a great photographer ever published" ( 101 Books). Auer, p.357; 101 Books, pp.138-39; The Photobook, vol. I, p. 242 ("A publishing success and... an important step forward"). [With:] HUGHES. Fight for Freedom, the Story of the NAACP, 1962. Paperback. -- HUGHES. Black Misery, 1969. [ Laid in:] "A Personal Statement by Langston Hughes." Typed document, 1p. "I am not a member of the Communist Party, have never been a member of the Communist party, and have so sworn under oath before the McCarthy Committee..."
Cowan's Auctions
Oct. 02, 2020
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009); Cycle of Blue Collar Workers, New York, NY;
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Cycle of Blue Collar Workers, New York, NY, 1963 Gelatin silver print, signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso. 8 3/8 x 8 3/8in (21.2 x 21.2cm) sheet 14 x 11in (35.5 x 28cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 11, 2020
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Lonely Women.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Lonely Women. Oversize silver print, the image measuring 13 1/4x19 7/8 inches (33.7x50.5 cm.), flush mounted, with the title and numeric notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on mount verso. Circa 1960
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 17, 2019
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Boy with bowed head.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Boy with bowed head. Silver print, the image measuring approximately 13x10 inches (33x25.4 cm.), the mount, with a laid down overmat, 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with DeCarava's hand stamp and his typed label with the title and inventory notations (a price crossed out), on mount verso. 1961; printed early 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 08, 2019
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Untitled (Harry Belafonte, Carnegie Hall).
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Untitled (Harry Belafonte, Carnegie Hall). Silver print, 1960. 191x241 mm; 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches. With DeCarava's name and address ink stamp verso. Belafonte appears in this image with members of the vocal group, The Belafonte Folk Singers. They performed together at Carnegie Hall as part of the live performance and double album recording - Harry Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall on May 2, 1960.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 01, 2019
ROY DECARAVA - Hallway, New York, 1953
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROY DECARAVA - Hallway, New York, 1953
Phillips
Apr. 02, 2019
ROY DECARAVA (1919–2009) Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919–2009) Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures Ashuelot, New Hampshire: Renaissance Press, 1991. Portfolio of twelve photogravures, 1950–1979; each signed, dated and numbered '40/50' in pencil (margin); each image approximately 8 x 11 1/4 in. (20.3 x 28.2 cm.) or inverse; each sheet 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.8 cm.) or inverse; together with title page, colophon, text by Shelly Turner and plate list; number forty from an edition of fifty numbered sets plus one Bon A Tirer, one Printer's Proof, six Artist's Proofs and three Hors Commerce; contained in black clamshell case with gilt-lettered leather title label.
Christie's
Feb. 21, 2019
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dancers (Harlem).
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dancers (Harlem). Silver print, the image measuring 13x8 3/4 inches (33x22.2 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x28 cm.), with DeCarava's signature, copyright, and date, in ink, on recto, and his notations, in ink, on verso. 1955; printed 1982
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 18, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Portfolio entitled Roy DeCarava.
Est: $50,000 - $75,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Portfolio entitled Roy DeCarava. With 12 (of 12) stunning, hand printed dust-grain photogravures made from DeCarava's poignant photographs, including many of his iconic images of Harlem. Photogravures, the images measuring approximately 8x11 inches (20.3x28 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets 18x22 inches (45.7x55.9 cm.), each with DeCarava's signature, date, and edition notation 49/50, in pencil, on recto. Elephant folio-sized black clamshell case with a gilt-lettered leather title label; contents loose as issued. Renaissance Press: 1950-79; printed 1991
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 18, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Hallway.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Hallway. Silver print, the image measuring 12 3/4x8 1/2 inches (32.4x21.6 cm.), the sheet 13 7/8x11 inches (35.3x27.9 cm.), with DeCarava's signature, in pencil, on recto. Circa 1953; printed late 1960s-early 70s
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 04, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man Lying Down, Subway Steps.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man Lying Down, Subway Steps. Silver print, 1965. 337x254 mm; 13 1/4x10 inches. Signed in pencil, on the over mat. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New York. Illustrated: (another print) Peter Galassi, Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective. p. 103. Roy Decarava frequently photographed people in New York City's subway stations. DeCarava was interested in documenting the unknown, showing their strength, wisdom and dignity, rather than the famous or well-known. Roy DeCarava was the first African-American photographer to receive a Guggenheim scholarship. The fellowship enabled him to spend a year shooting hundreds of photographs documenting life for African-Americans in New York City. Other prints of the very scarce photograph are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Art Gallery, Washington DC.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 04, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Billie Holiday (Billie at Braddocks, New York).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Billie Holiday (Billie at Braddocks, New York). Photogravure, 1952. 292x200 mm; 11 1/2x7 7/8 inches. Artist's proof, aside from the numbered edition of 50. Signed, dated, inscribed "A.P." and numbered "III/VI" in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by Renaissance Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire in 1991. From the portfolio Roy DeCarava of 12 photogravures. Provenance: Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica; private collection, Maryland (1997). This iconic image of Billie Holiday photographed in the bar at the Harlem Braddock Hotel comes from the portfolio Roy DeCarava. It is one of twelve hand printed dust-grain photogravures, each made from DeCarava's poignant photographs. The photogravure plates were made by Paul Taylor with Roy DeCarava, and were printed by Clary Nelson at Renaissance Press. Other impressions of this photogravure are in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence and the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Billie Holliday and Hazel Scott, 1957 Gelatin silver print; credi
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Billie Holliday and Hazel Scott, 1957 Gelatin silver print; credit in ink in the margin; copyright credit, title, date and notation ‘704 #8’ in pencil on the verso. 9 7/8 x 12 3/4in (24.9 x 32.4cm) sheet 11 x 14in (27.9 x 35.6cm)
Bonhams
Apr. 06, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) John Coltrane on Soprano, 1963 Gelatin silver print, credit in in
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) John Coltrane on Soprano, 1963 Gelatin silver print, credit in ink in the margin; copyright credit, title, date and notation ‘61103 #19’ in ink on the verso. 12 3/4 x 9in (32.4 x 22.9cm) sheet 14 x 11in (35.5 x 28cm)
Bonhams
Apr. 06, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man Sitting in Cart, NYC, 1966 Gelatin silver print, title and da
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man Sitting in Cart, NYC, 1966 Gelatin silver print, title and date in ink in the margin; credit and date in pencil on the verso. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2in (39.2 x 24cm) sheet 14 x 11in (34.3 x 28cm)
Bonhams
Feb. 15, 2018
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge. Silver print, the image measuring 13 3/4x10 inches (34.9x25.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with DeCarava''s signature and the negative and print dates, in ink, on recto. 1956; printed 1981
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 19, 2017
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dancers.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dancers. Silver print, the image measuring 12 3/4x8 1/2 inches (32.4x21.6 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with DeCarava's block-lettered signature, date, and copyright, in pencil, on recto. 1956; printed 1981
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 19, 2017
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man smoking cigar on trashcan.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Man smoking cigar on trashcan. Silver print, the image measuring 9 7/8x13 inches (25.1x33 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with DeCarava's signature and date, in ink, on recto, and various notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1978
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 05, 2017
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Dancers.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Dancers. Silver print, 1956. 330x229 mm; 13x9 inches. Printed in 1981. Signed, titled, dated "1956 (crossed out) 1981" and inscribed "©" in ink, verso. With the artist's ink stamp (his Manhattan address crossed out) and inscribed "81 Halsey St. Brooklyn, NY" in ink, verso. Also signed, titled "Dancers-1956", dated "1981" and inscribed "©" in ink on the original mount, recto, and with the artist's red ink stamp (his Brooklyn address), verso. Provenance: gift from the artist; private collection, Maryland (1981). Illustrated: (another print) Peter Galassi, Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective, p. 211; (another print) Bennett Simpson, Blues For Smoke, p. ii. This iconic image of figures dancing in a Harlem dance hall is an important image by Roy DeCarava. This masterful photograph displays the artist's creative interests in mid-range tonalties with its subtle grays, and in recording his experiences living in Harlem in the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1952, DeCarava won the prestigious Guggenheim fellowship and became the first African-American photographer to receive this honor. In 1955, he published his photographs with a narrative by poet Langston Hughes in The Sweet Flypaper of Life. A master image-maker and photographic printer, DeCarava's photographs were created with a sophisticated, nuanced eye. Other prints of this photograph are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 02, 2017
Photograph - Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Man standing on street corner
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Photograph - Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Man standing on street corner
Bonhams
Oct. 02, 2017
Photograph - Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Couple talking, subway platform
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Photograph - Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Couple talking, subway platform
Bonhams
Oct. 02, 2017
Photograph - Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Face out of focus
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
Photograph - Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Face out of focus
Bonhams
Apr. 26, 2017
DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) Metropole cafe (from New York 19), circa 1960, printed 1960. Large-format vintage gelatin si...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) Metropole cafe (from New York 19), circa 1960, printed 1960. Large-format vintage gelatin silver print, 14 x 19 7/8 inches (356 x 505 mm), flush-mounted to card. Unsigned, unstamped. Some edge wear to extremities of image. From the library of Harry Belafonte, later acquired by a New York bookseller, probably used in conjunction with the New York 19 shooting script to illustrate one segment. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Apr. 26, 2017
DECARAVA, ROY (AMERICAN, 1919-2009) Lonely Woman [with child] (from New York 19), circa 1960, printed 1960. Large-form...
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DECARAVA, ROY (AMERICAN, 1919-2009) Lonely Woman [with child] (from New York 19), circa 1960, printed 1960. Large-format vintage gelatin silver print, 20 x 14 1/4 inches (505 x 365 mm), flush-mounted to card, annotated with title and other information on verso. Some edge wear to extremities of image. From the library of Harry Belafonte, later acquired by a New York bookseller, probably used in conjunction with the New York 19 shooting script to illustrate one segment. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Apr. 26, 2017
DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) Lonely Woman [on bus] (from New York 19), circa 1960, printed 1960. Large-format vintage gel...
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) Lonely Woman [on bus] (from New York 19), circa 1960, printed 1960. Large-format vintage gelatin silver print, 14 x 19 7/8 inches (356 x 505 mm), flush-mounted to card, annotated with title and other information on verso. Some edge wear to extremities of image. From the library of Harry Belafonte, later acquired by a New York bookseller, probably used in conjunction with the New York 19 shooting script to illustrate one segment. C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 14, 2017
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Graduation.
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Graduation. Silver print, the image measuring 9x13 inches (22.5x32.8 cm.), the sheet 11x14 inches (27.7x35.3 cm.), with DeCarava''s signature and date, in ink, on recto. 1949; printed 1982
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 14, 2017
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dancers.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919-2009) Dancers. Silver print, the image measuring 12 7/8x8 3/4 inches (32.7x22.2 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with DeCarava''s signature, print date, and copyright, in pencil, on recto. 1956; printed 1981
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 08, 2016
Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) Signed Photograph
Est: $200 - $400
Black and white photograph of a dark, empty hallway pencil signed to lower right "DeCarava" and numbered 26/500. Inscribed "To Sylvia Williams- Happy Birthday- Roy Williams." Housed in a single matte. 19.5 inches height, 16 inches width. Matte measures 23 inches height, 18 inches width. 19.5"H x 16"W Scuffs to matte
Peachtree & Bennett
Oct. 07, 2016
ROY DECARAVA | 'Hallway'
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
signed and dated in pencil in the margin, credit, title, date, and copyright in pencil on the reverse, 1953, printed in 1982 (Roy DeCarava, pl. 26)
Sotheby's
Oct. 06, 2016
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Adolescent (Close Up).
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Adolescent (Close Up). Color screenprint on cream wove paper, 1949. 238x292 mm; 9 3/8 x11 1/2 inches, full margins. Signed, inscribed "Detail" and numbered 18/32 in pencil, lower margin. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist by Anne Kurakin, the artist's second wife.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2016
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Self-Portrait.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Self-Portrait. Color screenprint on cream wove paper, circa 1949. 270x210 mm; 10 1/2x8 1/4 inches, full margins. A very dark, richly inked impression of this very scarce print. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist by Anne Kurakin, the artist's second wife.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 06, 2016
ROY DECARAVA - Arnette, New York, 1957
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
ROY DECARAVA - Arnette, New York, 1957
Phillips
Apr. 07, 2016
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Nude.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Nude. Color screenprint on reddish brown wove paper, circa 1949. 268x375 mm; 10 1/2x14 3/4 inches, wide margins. Signed in ink, lower left.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 06, 2015
Roy DeCarava, photograph
Est: $400 - $600
Roy DeCarava (American, 1919-2009), press print, 1949, with original matte, signed "DeCarava 1949, lower left of matte, 9.25"h x 8"w, unframed
Millea Bros Ltd
Oct. 15, 2015
DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) "Man's Back."
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
DECARAVA, ROY (1919-2009) "Man's Back." Silver print, 13x9 1/2 inches (33x24.1 cm.), with DeCarava's signature, in pencil, on recto. Circa 1957; printed 1970s
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 02, 2015
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Couple in Prospect Park.
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
ROY DECARAVA (1919 - 2009) Couple in Prospect Park. Silver print, 1979. 254x327 mm; 10x12 7/8 inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. With his careful tonal compositions, DeCarava influenced many contemporary photographers like Dawoud Bey.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 14, 2015
Roy DeCarava: Photographs
Est: $25 - $50
Photographed by Roy DeCarava. Introduction by Sherry Turner DeCarava. Published by Friends of Photography, Inc., 1981. Edited by James Alinder. Binding is Softcover, in Good condition. Binding separation. Book Condition is Fair. ISBN: 0-933286-27-9. Member's Edition. 192 pages. Weight: 2 lbs.
Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions
Mar. 06, 2015
Roy de Carava (1919-2009). The Sweet Flypaper of Life, 1955. Simon and Schuster, New York, first edi
Est: £500 - £700
Roy de Carava (1919-2009). The Sweet Flypaper of Life, 1955. Simon and Schuster, New York, first edition with dust jacket, text by Langston Hughes, 8vo, 18 x 12.5cm (7 4 1/4in). Literature: Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History (Volume I), 2004, p.242
Dreweatts 1759