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

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

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