(PHOTOGRAPHY) Austin Hansen Group of portraits and photograp

Sale 2562 - Lot 321

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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Austin Hansen. Group of portraits and photographs of church events. 10 photographs, most 8 x 10 inches but two being smaller, each with photographer's stamp on verso; one with 3-inch repaired tear, another with moderate dampstaining, the remainder with minor wear. [New York], circa 1950s-1980s

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These photographs were all taken by Austin Hansen (1911-1996), dean of Harlem photographers, whose work gained critical recognition toward the end of his life with a touring exhibition. Each bears a Hansen inked stamp on verso. 3 of them are addressed "232 West 135th Street, New York 30" before the 1963 introduction of ZIP codes; 3 have the same address with a 10030 ZIP code (one of them dated 1984); and the remaining 4 are addressed "1974 Belmont Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10457." These last 4 are all group portraits taken in the same room, apparently a church basement. One photograph is identified in the negative, showing the confirmation class at the renowned St. Philip's Episcopal Church on 26 February 1984.