Phillips is holding two photography auctions in October that feature the work of Chester Higgins, James VanderZee, and Carrie Mae Weems. Both auctions take place on October 1st in New York.
In the Photographs auction, Weems is featured in three black & white prints from the Kitchen Table Series, 1990s. Lots 284, 286 and 287 have estimates starting at $ 3,000 to $ 25,000. Weems is featured in each photograph. Print sizes are from 19 x 18 7/8 to 26 7/8 x 26 7/8 inches.
Chester Higgins’ Muslim Woman, 1990, is estimated at $ 7,000 – 9,000 in the same auction.
In Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, James VanderZee’s Portrait of a Harlem Preacher, Daddy Grace, 1938 and Untitled (young black woman with studio background), 1931 are featured in Lot 21. The two silver gelatin prints are signed and dated or stamped in ink on the recto: G.G.G. Photo Studio, Inc. The print is estimated at $ 2,000 – 3,000.
African Diaspora Photography 