Ernest Withers, Five Photographs
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Description
USA, c. 1960s
silver gelatin
8â x 10â each
Group of five photographs by Ernest Withers, an important civil rights photographer-cum-FBI informant, including a portrait of Junior Walker, inscribed and signed [best of luck Jr. Walker]; a group portrait of an unidentified vocal group; two photographs of dilapidated city scenes, possibly Memphis, one with printed label at bottom right [Poverty is...]; and a portrait Lance Watson (alias Sweet Willie Wine), leader of the Memphis Black Power group The Invaders. One photograph with rubber stamp on verso [Ernest C. Withers Memphis Tenn.].
Tags: photography, photojournalism, press, civil rights, black power, african american, mlk, modern, art, modernism, street
silver gelatin
8â x 10â each
Group of five photographs by Ernest Withers, an important civil rights photographer-cum-FBI informant, including a portrait of Junior Walker, inscribed and signed [best of luck Jr. Walker]; a group portrait of an unidentified vocal group; two photographs of dilapidated city scenes, possibly Memphis, one with printed label at bottom right [Poverty is...]; and a portrait Lance Watson (alias Sweet Willie Wine), leader of the Memphis Black Power group The Invaders. One photograph with rubber stamp on verso [Ernest C. Withers Memphis Tenn.].
Tags: photography, photojournalism, press, civil rights, black power, african american, mlk, modern, art, modernism, street
Condition
Overall good condition. Curled; edge and corner wear; yellowing and fading. Catalog Sale encourages bidders to request complete condition reports via email, info@catalog-sale.com. Notes provided here may be incomplete.
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