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Photographer, b. 1886 - d. 1983

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  • James Van Derzee, 1886-1983, Eighteen photographs (portfolio), 18 mounted silver and sepia-toned silver prints
    Nov. 14, 2020

    James Van Derzee, 1886-1983, Eighteen photographs (portfolio), 18 mounted silver and sepia-toned silver prints

    Est: $25,000 - $35,000

    James Van Derzee 1886-1983 Eighteen photographs (portfolio) 18 mounted silver and sepia-toned silver prints 1905-1938 Published in 1974. Each approximately 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches, loose as issued. Printed by Richard Benson, New York. Published by Graphics International Ltd., Washington, DC in 1974; Harry Lunn, Jr. James Van Derzee was a Harlem photographer whose studio approach contrasted the photojournalistic style of Gordon Parks and the social realism of Aaron Siskind. His success was largely based on his portraits of middleclass black families in Harlem, which sought to convey a sense of dignity and self assurance in the sitter. It has been said that the successful recipe for a Van Derzee image was equal part authentic pride of the sitter and equal part carefully constructed artifice—courtesy of the photographer. In 1924, Van Derzee was commissioned as the official photographer of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). It was Van Derzee’s responsibility to not simply document the activities of Garvey and the movement, but portray them in a strictly positive light. Van Derzee executed thousands of photographs of meetings and parades, some of which were made into a calendar. His work is found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Williams College Museum of Art, MA; and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, among others.

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  • James Van DerZee , 1886 - 1983 'JAMES VAN DERZEE: EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS'
    Mar. 30, 2009

    James Van DerZee , 1886 - 1983 'JAMES VAN DERZEE: EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS'

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    (Washington, D. C.: Graphics International Ltd., 1974), a portfolio of 18 photographs, each mounted, signed on the mount, 1905-38, printed in 1974. Folio, charcoal linen folding box with silver lettering on spine, matching slipcase, no. 53 in a total edition of 90

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