Harlem Document: Photographs 1932–1940
Providence, RI: Matrix, 1981. Very Good / Very Good. Item #47882
Providence, RI: Matrix, 1981. Stated First Edition. Oblong octavo (20cm); 80pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket; stiff white wrappers; red endsheets. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Dust jacket bumped, scuffed, smudged, and toned. Boards a bit bumped and toned. Binding sound. Textblock and endsheets clean; interior pages lightly toned at edges. Previous owner’s signature in black ink at ffep verso. Very Good.
Photographs of quotidian life in Harlem, New York alongside text from the Federal Writers Project, a New Deal-era program which ran 1935–1943. These images, taken between 1932–1940, coincide with Aaron Siskind’s membership in the Film and Photo League of New York. The League was a cooperative of photographers that sought to document and improve social conditions through their work.
“Aaron Siskind,” International Center of Photography.
Price: $65.00