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James Van Der Zee

Contemporary Details II

Contemporary Details II

By Moe Brooker

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Brooker has won several prestigious awards for his art, including the James Van Der Zee Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 and the Artists’ Equity Award in 2010, and has exhibited in...

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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Hand of A Director & Photographer

Located in Detroit, MI

Drawing on their responses to inspire the set and location, each person was immersed in rich and vibrant colored textiles that boldly pop against melanated skin, shot with lighting e...

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Garveyite Family, Harlem, 1924 by James Van Der Zee
Garveyite Family, Harlem, 1924 by James Van Der Zee

Garveyite Family, Harlem, 1924 by James Van Der Zee

By James Van Der Zee

Located in New york, NY

Garveyite Family, Harlem, 1924 by James Van Der Zee, is a toned gelatin silver print mounted on board.

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Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Borsalino Hat Signed 1996
Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Borsalino Hat Signed 1996

Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Borsalino Hat Signed 1996

By David Aschkenas

Located in Surfside, FL

Aschkenas has been a photographer in Pittsburgh for 30 years, specializing in editorial and fine art photography (he shot Richard Serra's Tilted Arc in the early 1980's) Inspired by ...

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Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Gardens Versailles Paris
Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Gardens Versailles Paris

Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Gardens Versailles Paris

By David Aschkenas

Located in Surfside, FL

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Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Policeman Smoking, Paris
Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Policeman Smoking, Paris

Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Policeman Smoking, Paris

By David Aschkenas

Located in Surfside, FL

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Large Vintage Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Gardens Versailles Paris
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By David Aschkenas

Located in Surfside, FL

Aschkenas has been a photographer in Pittsburgh for 30 years, specializing in editorial and fine art photography (he shot Richard Serra's Tilted Arc in the early 1980's) Inspired by ...

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Dancer, Harlem, USA, toned gelatin silver print

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By James Van Der Zee

Located in New york, NY

6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inch image size 15 x 12 1/2" dry-mount size Annotated in pencil below image on dry-mount: 62/75 signed From the Portfolio Eighteen Photographs Published by Gr...

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Large Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Vintage Automobile Interior
Large Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Vintage Automobile Interior

Large Photograph Polaroid Transfer Photo Print Vintage Automobile Interior

By David Aschkenas

Located in Surfside, FL

Aschkenas has been a photographer in Pittsburgh for 30 years, specializing in editorial and fine art photography (he shot Richard Serra's Tilted Arc in the early 1980's) Inspired by ...

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African American Art Harlem Renaissance Civil Rights Era and Beyond by RJ Powell
African American Art Harlem Renaissance Civil Rights Era and Beyond by RJ Powell

African American Art Harlem Renaissance Civil Rights Era and Beyond by RJ Powell

By Rizzoli International Publications

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

., Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Lois Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, Marilyn Nance, and James Van Der Zee. More than half of the artw...

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