Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 320

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(PHOTOGRAPHY.) James van der Zee. Pair of portraits. Each 10 x 8 inches, signed and dated in the negative, the earlier portrait worn and the later one with minimal wear. [New York], 1926 and 1949

Additional Details

"Professor Jackson, St. Mark's Church", silver print, 10 x 8 inches, 1926, captioned in pencil on verso; taped into mat on top edge, 3-inch crease in lower left corner, 1-inch tear along left edge and other wear at edges, presents well in mat. This photograph was taken the year St. Mark's United Methodist Church moved into its present location on Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem.

Portrait of a woman, sepia gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches, 1949, numbered 5242 in pencil on verso; minimal wear; from the collection of art dealer Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007), via Millea auction, 16 November 2018.