Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Brathwaite, Kwame, 1938-2023.
2. Hess, Eliot.
3. Higgins, Chester.
4. Rosenbaum, Walter, 1919-
5. Sparrow, Bill.

Description

1. 1287 items (20 boxes, 3.9 lin. ft.); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. Collection consists mainly of photographic and some photomechanical reproductions of American fine art and other visual artwork, created by or depicting peoples of African descent, from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Subject

1. Portrait photographs > 1920-1989
2. Art > Exhibitions > United States
3. Artists > United States
4. African American artists
5. African American illustrators
6. Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
7. Reyneau, Betsy Graves
8. Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980
9. Art, American
10. Art > Societies, etc > United States
11. Painters > United States
12. Hayden, Palmer C., 1890-1973
13. African American women artists
14. Dye coupler prints > 1970-1999
15. Hollingsworth, Alvin C
16. African American sculptors
17. Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
18. Harlem Community Art Center
19. Burke, Selma, 1900-1995
20. Women artists > United States
21. Harmon Foundation
22. Art > Exhibitions > Senegal
23. Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989
24. Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
25. Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1989
26. Fax, Elton C
27. World Festival of Negro Arts (1st : 1966 : Dakar, Senegal)
28. Group portraits > 1920-1989
29. Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006
30. Reproductions
31. African American art
32. Art > Africa, Eastern
33. Art > Africa, West
34. Stats > 1940-1949
35. Artists, Black
36. Johnson, William H., 1901-1970
37. Jones, Lois Mailou
38. Hayes, Vertis
39. African American painters

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1920-1989.
2. Group portraits – 1920-1989.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.
4. Dye coupler prints – 1970-1999.
5. Stats – 1940-1949.
6. Reproductions.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Art and Artists

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some photographs have photographer's or institutional handstamp on verso. Some items bear printed or typewritten captions attached to verso; some images bear printed captions on recto. Some items have handwitten notations on verso. Some items are mounted to album pages. Some images are duplicates.
3. Collection includes photography by Ronnie Brathwaite, Eliot Hess and Bill Sparrow, among others.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available.

Title

1. Art and artists [graphic].

Imprint

1. [19--?]-[199-]

Terms of use

1. Some items are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available.

Local note

1. Negatives exist for some images.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Brathwaite, Kwame, 1938-2023. Photographer
2. Hess, Eliot. Photographer
3. Higgins, Chester. Photographer
4. Rosenbaum, Walter, 1919- Photographer
5. Sparrow, Bill. Photographer

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Art and Artists