Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 271

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(GARVEY, MARCUS.) Van Der Zee, James; photographer. Photograph of a Universal Negro Improvement Association paramilitary group. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches, with photographer's signature and inked stamps on verso; sepia-toned, minor wear, bit of cello tape on verso. [New York], 1926
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16 African-American men in military uniform stand in formation. Another copy at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is captioned "UNIA Musical Detachment," though these men have drawn swords and no instruments. On verso is an inked stamp from Van Der Zee's GGG Photo Studio at its original 109 W. 135th Street address.