[Original Art]: Collage of Father Divine Using a Portrait by James Van Der Zee

[No place: circa 1934?].

Price: $5,500.00

Unbound. Mixed media collage featuring a trimmed photograph of Father Divine taken by James Van Der Zee mounted on a 7½" x 10" stiff board with an ocean background in pastels, various tipped-on elements (ships in the distance, wooden deck, and ship's railings) and a painted silver cardboard border in a wooden frame with a flag sticker on the outer glass. The photo of Divine has a tiny scratch, else fine in very good frame with the rear stand detached and wear on the back. Unsigned and undated. The image is a copy of a Van Der Zee photograph with text on the verso that is only partially visible: "photograph is sold for personal duplication." According to the National Portrait Gallery, Van Der Zee made this portrait in 1934. A nice folk art collage of the religious leader utilizing a portrait by the famous New York photographer.

Item #545076

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Item #545076 [Original Art]: Collage of Father Divine Using a Portrait by James Van Der Zee. Father DIVINE, James Van Der Zee.