Lot 288
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Studio portrait of African American Vaudeville team STUMP & STELLO. Studio of Black photographer Addison SCURLOCK (1883-1964). Washington, DC.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Studio portrait of African American Vaudeville team STUMP & STELLO. Studio of Black photographer Addison SCURLOCK (1883-1964). Washington, DC.
8 x 10 in. silver gelatin copy photograph (minor creasing). Scurlock Studio copyright stamp to verso with other reproduction markings.
Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) was a Black photographer who apprenticed with white photographer Moses P. Rice before establishing the first Scurlock Studio in 1904. Consciously representing the "New Negro" movement, Scurlock was renowned for capturing prominent African Americans of the era, particularly those of Washington D.C. His sons George and Robert, joined the Studio during the 1930s, which operated until 1994.
The original image was taken in the 1930s, this copy was printed by the Scurlock Studio later, on paper marked "This Paper / Manufactured / By Kodak" (circa 1972 or later). An example of this photograph is in the Scurlock collection of the National Museum of American History.
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