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Lot 63: James Van DerZee , 1886 - 1983 'JAMES VAN DERZEE: EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS'

Est: $15,000 USD - $20,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 30, 2009

Item Overview

Description

(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

Dimensions

measurements note various sizes to 9 5/8 by 7 3/4 in. (24.5 by 19.2 cm.) or the reverse

Artist or Maker

Notes

The plates are as follows: Mrs. Turner, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1905 Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Virginia, 1907 The Van DerZee Men, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1908 Kate and Rachel Van DerZee, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1909 Miss Suzie Porter, Harlem, 1915 Nude, Harlem, 1923 Marcus Garvey and Garvey Militia, Harlem, 1924 Garveyite Family, Harlem, 1924 Dancer, Harlem, 1925 Portrait of An Actor, Harlem, 1929 Swimming Team, Harlem, 1925 Wedding Day, Harlem, 1926 Black Jews, Harlem, 1929 Atlantic City, 1930 Portrait of Two Brothers and Their sister, Harlem, 1931 Couple, Harlem, 1932 The Heiress, Harlem, 1938 Daddy Grace, Harlem, 1938 The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows: (Washington, D. C.: Graphics International Ltd., 1974), a portfolio of 18 photographs, each mounted, signed by the photographer and numbered sequentially in Roman numerals and '53/75' in an unidentified hand in pencil on the mount, 1905-38, printed in 1974; together with the printed title, introduction by Regenia A. Perry, chronology, plate list, and colophon. Folio, charcoal linen folding box with silver lettering on spine, matching slipcase, no. 53 in a total edition of 90

Auction Details

Photographs

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Sotheby's
March 30, 2009, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US