Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 253

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(LITERATURE.) Survey Graphic Number: Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro. Illustrations, some by Winold Reiss. [9], 630-701, [23] pages. Large 4to, pictorial blue and white wrappers, split along fold and re-stapled; minor dampstaining and wear. New York, 1 March 1925

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An important issue of the Survey Graphic celebrating the Harlem Renaissance. Highlights include "Enter the New Negro" by Alain Locke, "The Making of Harlem" by James Weldon Johnson, "The Negro Digs up His Past" by Arthur Schomburg, "The Black Man Brings His Gifts" by W.E.B. Du Bois, and much more. The numerous illustrations by Winold Reiss include a portrait of Paul Robeson, "Four Portraits of Negro Women," and a gallery of "Harlem Types."