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Eighteen Photographs
James VanDerZee (American, 1886–1983) · 1907-1938
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Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $18,000 – $22,000 (≈ £14,242 – £17,406) (≈ €16,604 – €20,293)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Washington, D.C.: Graphics International, and New York: James Van Der Zee Institute, 1974. Eighteen gelatin silver prints, printed later”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil on the mount
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- Varying sizes from 2 x 9 1/4 in. (5.1 x 23.5 cm) to 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.8 x 18.7 cm) or the reverse
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040124)
- Date
- April 5, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 396
- Estimate
- $18,000 – $22,000 (≈ £14,242 – £17,406) (≈ €16,604 – €20,293)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2024$10,710 ≈ £8,415 ≈ €10,209Sign up free to see pricePhoto © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Swimming Team, Harlem
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