Photography
Charles "Teenie" Harris, "Portrait of Hunters," ca. 1938-50, printed later
- Item Number
- 15
Item Description
Charles "Teenie" Harris (American, 1909-1998)
Group Portrait of Hunters, Pittsburgh, PA, ca. 1938-1950, printed ca. 2000
Printer: Gus Kayafus, Palm Press Inc., Concord, MA
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches
Charles “Teenie” Harris is the subject of a much-acclaimed retrospective that premiered at the Carnegie Museum of Art in October 2011 and will tour nationally.
Harris’ photographs—made in his studio and for the Pittsburgh Courier, the leading black newspaper of the time—chronicle a vibrant black urban community from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Teenie's images ranged from the everyday lives of ordinary people, like these friends gathered on a porch celebrating the end of a good day of hunting, to visits by powerful and glamorous national figures to Pittsburgh.
For the three other Teenie Harris photographs in the Auction, see items 50, 64 and 65.
All images in the Auction have been published in one or all of the following monographs: Teenie Harris, Photographer: Image, Memory, History (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2011); One Shot Harris: The Photographs of Charles "Teenie" Harris (Abrams, 2002) and Spirit of a Community: The Photographs of Charles "Teenie" Harris (Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 2001).
Item Special Note
Donated By:
Cheryl Harris Watson
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