VANDERZEE JAMES (1886 1983) Portfolio entitled Eighteen Phot

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VANDERZEE, JAMES (1886-1983)
Portfolio entitled "Eighteen Photographs." With 18 mounted and signed photographs printed by Richard Benson. Silver and sepia-toned silver prints, 7 1/4x9 1/2 inches and smaller (18.4x24.1 cm. and smaller), with Vanderzee's signature, in pencil, on mount recto as well as edition notations, "36/75," and a plate number. Folio-size gray cloth slipcase; contents loose as issued. Graphics International Ltd., Washington, D. C., 1974

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A handsome portfolio, published by Harry Lunn, Jr., with iconic images from Vanderzee's photographic career. It includes works made of various subjects during the Harlem Renaissance as well as studies of Marcus Garvey, Daddy Grace, and formal family portraits.

"Couple, Harlem, 1932" "Nude, Harlem 1923" "Mrs. Turner, Lenox, Mass., 1905" "Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Va. 1907" "The Vanderzee Men, Lenox, Mass." "Kate and Rachel Vanderzee, Lenox, Mass." "Miss Suzie Porter, Harlem, 1915" "Marcus Garvey and Miltia, Harlem 1924" "Garveyite Family, Harlem 1924" "Dancer, Harlem 1924" "Portrait of an Actor, Harlem, 1929" "Swimming Team, Harlem, 1925" "Wedding Day, Harlem 1926" "Black Jews, Harlem 1929" "Atlantic City, 1930" "Portrait of Two Brothers and Their Sister, 1931" "The Heiress, Harlem 1938" "Daddy Grace, Harlem, 1938."