[DAVIDSON, Bruce, photographer (b. 1933)]. Pair of photographs of Mother Brown at age 110, New York City. Printed after 1962.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
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Live / Cincinnati
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[DAVIDSON, Bruce, photographer (b. 1933)]. Pair of photographs of Mother Brown at age 110, New York City. Printed after 1962.
Silver gelatin photographs of "Mother Brown," a formerly enslaved woman from Harlem, caught on a New York Harbor cruise. Lacking signature or credit to Davidson. Each with handwritten caption to verso, "Mother Brown / Salvation Army / NY Red / 124th St. & 7th Ave. / 1962-1964." -- Together, 2 photographs, the first 8 x 10 in. (few light creases, minor spotting to verso, incorrectly credited to Gordon Parks), the second 6 x 7 1/2 in. (trimmed).
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