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Five works by Roy DeCarava

Sold for $350 at PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers on Aug 22, 2024.

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Heading: Author: DeCarava, Roy Title: Five works by Roy DeCarava Place Published: Various places Publisher: Date Published: Various dates Description: 5 volumes. Includes: Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective by Peter Galassi with an essay by Sherry Turner DeCarava. Museum of Modern Art, [1996]. Cloth, jacket. First Edition. Roy DeCarava: Photographs edited by James Alinder. Introduction by Sherry Turner DeCarava. Full linen, jacket. Friends of Photography, [1981]. First Edition. (Light bump to lower front corner). The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Linen-backed boards, jacket. First Print Press, 2018. Reprint. Light Break. First Print Press, [2019]. Full linen. First Edition. The Sound I Saw: Improvisation on a Jazz Theme. Essays by Sherry Turner DeCarava and Radiclani Clytus. Cloth, pictorial jacket. First Print Press, [2019]. First Edition. Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) was an African American photographer born in Harlem and imbued with the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance, particularly of jazz.

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