Roy DeCarava
Horace Silver, New York

Horace Silver, New York

© Sherry DeCarava, courtesy the DeCarava Archives www.decarava.org

Horace Silver, New York
Horace Silver, New York
ArtistAmerican, 1919–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Horace Silver, New York
  • from the portfolio Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures
Date1963, printed 1991
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 11 1/8 in. (21.5 × 28.2 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 22 1/16 in. (46 × 56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of Ray Carrington and the students at Yates High School
Object number2003.887.3
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition History"On the Downbeat: Jazz in Books and Photographs," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 27, 2008–January 25, 2009.

"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–August 30, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: ROY DeCARAVA 1963
Inscribed in pencil, recto, center below image: 19/50
[no verso inscriptions]
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right below image: ROY DeCARAVA 1963

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1956, printed 1991
Photogravure
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1950, printed 1991
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1950, printed 1991
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Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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1978, printed 1991
Photogravure
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Man in Window, Brooklyn
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1978, printed 1991
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1978, printed 1991
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