Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BUSINESS.) WALKER, MADAME C.J.-VAN DER ZEE, JAMES. The Valentine Tea Club, Walker Shop Number 1, 1929. Silver print, 11x14 inches; some creases; diagonal chip to the top right blank corner, not affecting the image; James Van Der Zee's G. G. G. Studio stamps in the negative and on reverse. New York: G. G. G. Studios, 1929

Additional Details

The "Valentine Tea" at what is described on the reverse as "Walker Shop # 1, 1929" in Harlem. The border surrounding the central image of this photograph is one of Van Der Zee's unusual experiments, combining the use of an old-fashioned nineteenth century mount to make a "frame."