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Photographer, b. 1935 - d. 2002

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    • LOUIS DRAPER (1935-2002) Miles Davis.
      May. 27, 2021

      LOUIS DRAPER (1935-2002) Miles Davis.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      LOUIS DRAPER (1935-2002) Miles Davis. Silver print, the image measuring 10 1/2x7 1/2 inches (26.7x19.1 cm.), the sheet 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with Draper's title and printing notations, in pencil, on verso; accompanied by a Steven Kasher Gallery label with the artist credit, title, and date. 1965

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    • LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Untitled (Young Girl on Brownstone Steps).
      Oct. 05, 2017

      LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Untitled (Young Girl on Brownstone Steps).

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Untitled (Young Girl on Brownstone Steps). Silver print, circa 1965. 235x337 mm; 9 1/4x13 1/4 inches. In 1958, Louis H. Draper moved from his hometown, Richmond, Virginia to Harlem to study photography. He photographed the streets of New York with a compassionate and artistic eye for the social conditions of the time. He also took portraits of such notables as Langston Hughes, Hughie Lee-Smith, Miles Davis, Malcolm X and Katherine Dunham. In 1963, Draper was a founding member of the seminal black photographer's collective, Kamoinge, whose first director was Roy DeCarava. A photograph by Draper illustrated the cover of an important July, 1966 Camera magazine issue which featured images of Harlem by Kamoinge artists. His work recently was included in the traveling museum exhibition Posing Beauty, and acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Virginia State University. Biography courtesy of Nell Draper-Winston and the Louis Draper Archive.

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    • LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Summertime.
      Apr. 06, 2017

      LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Summertime.

      Est: $2,000 - $3,000

      LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Summertime. Silver print, 1961. 235x337 mm; 9 1/4x13 1/4 inches. This photograph appears on the cover of Louis H. Draper: Selected Photographs, edited by Margaret O''Reilly, featuring photographs of people in their every day lives in Harlem, capturing a compassionate and artistic eye of the social conditions of that time.

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    • LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Boy and H, Harlem (Stickball).
      Oct. 06, 2016

      LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Boy and H, Harlem (Stickball).

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      LOUIS H. DRAPER (1935 - 2002) Boy and H, Harlem (Stickball). Silver print, 1960. 216x324 mm; 8 1/2x12 3/4 inches. Artist's estate ink stamp, verso. This photograph first appeared in Ebony magazine in 1960 in the article A Salute to Black Photographers. We believe this is the first photograph by this artist to come to auction. In 1958, Louis H. Draper moved from his hometown, Richmond, Virginia to Harlem to study photography. He photographed the streets of New York with a compassionate and artistic eye for the social conditions of the time. He also took portraits of such notables as Langston Hughes, Hughie Lee-Smith, Miles Davis, Malcolm X and Katherine Dunham. In 1963, Draper was a founding member of the seminal black photographer's collective, Kamoinge, whose first director was Roy DeCarava. A photograph by Draper illustrated the cover of an important July, 1966 Camera magazine issue which featured images of Harlem by Kamoinge artists. His work recently was included in the traveling museum exhibition Posing Beauty, and acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Virginia State University. Biography courtesy of Nell Draper-Winston and the Louis Draper Archive.

      Swann Auction Galleries
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