Research Catalog

Title

Art and artists [graphic].

Publication

[19--?]-[199-]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Brathwaite, Kwame, 1938-2023.
• Hess, Eliot.
• Higgins, Chester.
• Rosenbaum, Walter, 1919-
• Sparrow, Bill.

Description

• 1287 items (20 boxes, 3.9 lin. ft.); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 543 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 427 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 141 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 21 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 21 photographic prints : col. ;
• 29 photographic prints : col. ;
• 70 stats : b&w ;
• 11 photomechanical prints : b&w, one col. ;
• 9 photographic postcards : b&w, silver gelatin ;
• 6 postcards : b&w and col. ;
• 2 instant camera photographs : b&w and col. ;
• 4 slides : col. ;
• 3 transparencies : col. ;

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Portrait photographs > 1920-1989
• Art > Exhibitions > United States
• Artists > United States
• African American artists
• African American illustrators
• Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
• Reyneau, Betsy Graves
• Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980
• Art, American
• Art > Societies, etc > United States
• Painters > United States
• Hayden, Palmer C., 1890-1973
• African American women artists
• Dye coupler prints > 1970-1999
• Hollingsworth, Alvin C
• African American sculptors
• Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962
• Harlem Community Art Center
• Burke, Selma, 1900-1995
• Women artists > United States
• Harmon Foundation
• Art > Exhibitions > Senegal
• Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989
• Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
• Gelatin silver prints > 1920-1989
• Fax, Elton C
• World Festival of Negro Arts (1st : 1966 : Dakar, Senegal)
• Group portraits > 1920-1989
• Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006
• Reproductions
• African American art
• Art > Africa, Eastern
• Art > Africa, West
• Stats > 1940-1949
• Artists, Black
• Johnson, William H., 1901-1970
• Jones, Lois Mailou
• Hayes, Vertis
• African American painters

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1920-1989.
• Group portraits – 1920-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.
• Dye coupler prints – 1970-1999.
• Stats – 1940-1949.
• Reproductions.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• 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.
• Collection includes photography by Ronnie Brathwaite, Eliot Hess and Bill Sparrow, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available.

Call Number

Sc Photo Art and Artists

OCLC

NYPG03-F20

Title

Art and artists [graphic].

Imprint

[19--?]-[199-]

Terms Of Use

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

Indexes

Finding aid available.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Brathwaite, Kwame, 1938-2023. Photographer

Hess, Eliot. Photographer

Higgins, Chester. Photographer

Rosenbaum, Walter, 1919- Photographer

Sparrow, Bill. Photographer

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Art and Artists