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BARBOZA, ANTHONY (BARAKA, AMIRI.)
Amiri Baraka.. New York, 1976
This is a splendid Anthony Barboza portrait of Amiri Baraka. Baraka’s illustrious and controversial 50-year career, in which he first achieved fame as Leroi Jones, encompassed poetry, drama, fiction, criticism, and activism.
$4,200
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(U.S. CAPITOL.) Alexander Gardner
East Front of the Capitol. Washington, c. 1864
This photograph by Alexander Gardner shows the Capitol as it was during Lincoln’s presidency. Scaffolding, cranes, ladders, and other construction equipment are visible. The East Front of the Capitol was the site of Lincoln’s inaugurations in 1861 and 1865.
$3,800
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(Burroughs, John)
splendid large portrait of John Burroughs. Photographic Portrait by Pach Brothers., 1890s
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was, after Henry David Thoreau, the greatest American nature essayist. He played an important role in the development of he American conservation movement. Burroughs is also remembered for his close friendship with Walt Whitman, whom he resembled in old age.
$3,800
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Knox, David
Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg. Petersburg, Va., October 1864
This fascinating photograph is a variant of the image shown in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War. In that image, a group of Union officers including the chief of artillery of the Army of the Potomac stands in the foreground, while five members of the mortar crew stand in the background. In the present photograph, shells have been moved to the foreground, and the full crew of nine men is present. The photographs are otherwise essentially identical.
$3,500
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(CUMBERLAND LANDING.) Gibson, James and John Wood
Inspection of Union Troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Virginia. Cumberland Landing, Virginia, May 1862
This famous view shows a Union Army encampment at Cumberland Landing on the Pamunkey in Virginia.
$3,500
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(RICHARDSON ,BENJAMIN.) Oscar Mason, photographer
Fabulous Albumen Photograph depicting Richardson and his great-grandson as they appeared in the Statue of Liberty Parade in New York. New York: Benjamin Richardson, c. 1886
Benjamin Richardson, the great collector of patriotic Americana, owned and rode in George Washington’s carriage in the Statue of Liberty dedication paradise in New York in 1886.
$3,500
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(Kahlo, Frida and Rivera, Diego.) Sternberger, Marcel
Portrait of Artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Mexico City, 1952, printed 2017
$3,500
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(Nehru, Jawaharlal.) Sternberger, Marcel
Portrait of Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. New York, 1949, printed 2017.
$2500 unframed; framed: $3,000
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(Freud, Sigmund.) Sternberger, Marcel
Portrait of Sigmund Freud. London, 1938, printed 2017
Freud, in his final year, is shown seated at his desk in Mansfield Gardens, with his famous devotional statues.
$2500 unframed; framed: $3,000
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(Einstein, Albert and Ilse Sternberger.) Sternberger, Marcel
Portrait of Albert Einstein and Ilse Sternberger. Princeton, New Jersey, 1950, printed 2017
This photograph shows a reunion of friends. The Sternbergers and Einstein had known one another in Europe and met again in Princeton. Ilse was Sternberger’s wife, collaborator, and perennial foil. She was a constant source of warmth during sometimes-contentious sittings. She also helped document their life, publishing several articles on Sternberger’s work and their sessions with famous sitters after his death.
$2500 unframed; framed: $3,000