JAMES VAN DER ZEE (1886-1984)

Eighteen Photographs (1905-1938)

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JAMES VAN DER ZEE (1886-1984)
Eighteen Photographs (1905-1938)
Washington, D.C.: Graphics International, Ltd., 1974. 18 gelatin silver prints. Each signed, numbered consecutively with plate number and numbered 71/75 in pencil on the mount. Varying sizes from 6½ x 4 5/8in. to 9½ x 7½in. (16.5 x 11.8cm. to 24.1 x 19.1cm.) Number 71 from the limited edition of 75 and 15 artist proofs numbered I-XV. Introduction by Regenia A. Perry; list of plates. Gray cloth portfolio case with impressed silver lettering on spine.

Lot Essay

The images include: Mrs. Turner, Lenox, Massachusetts (1905); Whittier Prepatory 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 (1925); Portrait of An Actor, Harlem (1929); Swimming Team, Harlem (1929); 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); and Daddy Grace, Harlem (1938).