JAMES VAN DER ZEE PHOTO OF BLACK MAN IN CHAINS HARLEM RENAISSANCE SIGNED /DATED For Sale

THIS ITEM IS A PHOTOGRAVURE BY JAMES VAN DER ZEE..IT DEPICTS A BLACK MAN IN CHAINS AND LEG IRONS. JAMES VAN DER ZEE WAS A FAMOUS BLACK PHOTOGRAPHER WHO DEPICTED THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS WHICH WAS COMING OF AGE DURING THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE PERIOD.IT IS SIGNED AND DATED IN THE PLATE. THIS PHOTOGRAVURE WAS MADE IN THE 1970'S AS PART OF A PORTFOLIO OF HIS WORK.HE DEPICTED THE HARLEM SCENE FOR DECADES IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE HARLEM AREA.MUCH OF HIS WORK IS IN MUSEUMS,NOTABLY IN THE MET.HE HAD A LONG CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY.WHEN CAMERAS BECAME MORE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC,HIS BUSINESS BEGAN TO DECREASE,AND HE EVENTUALLY LEFT HARLEM AND MOVED TO GEORGIA.AFTER THAT,HE BECAME UNHEARD OF.BUT HIS WORK LIVES ON.HE CREATED A HISTORY IN PICTURES OF THAT TIME IN HARLEM WHEN THINGS WERE REALLY CHANGING.ESSENTIALLY A HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS HARLEM RENAISSANCE PERIOD.AND WHAT A TIME IT WAS..I HAVE HAD THIS IN MY COLLECTION FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
SIZE IS 16 X 12 INCHES OVERALL, IMAGE SIZE IS 12 X 8 INCHES
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