David Zwirner is pleased to present concurrent exhibitions of photographs by Roy DeCarava (1919–2009) at two of its New York locations: 34 East 69th Street and 533 West 19th Street. This will be the gallery’s first presentation of the artist’s work since announcing exclusive representation of the Estate of Roy DeCarava in 2018. The exhibitions will be accompanied by a new catalogue, copublished by First Print Press and David Zwirner Books, featuring an essay by art historian Sherry Turner DeCarava. (Dates : September 5—October 26, 2019)
The pictures capture a moment of life that slowly unfolds its intimacy with the world—the strong, youthful beauty of a Mississippi freedom marcher, the nature of trees … all rendered through a translucency of surface with palpable detail recorded in the darkest areas.
Turner DeCarava notes in her catalogue essay.
Wall Street, morning, 1960
Silver gelatin print
Print: 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) Framed: 20 3/8 x 16 3/8 inches (51.8 x 41.6 cm)
© The Estate of Roy DeCarava 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Swan, 1998
Silver gelatin print
Print: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Framed: 16 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (41.6 x 51.8 cm)
© The Estate of Roy DeCarava 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Figure, 1967
Silver gelatin print
Print: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Framed: 16 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (41.6 x 51.8 cm)
© The Estate of Roy DeCarava 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Ellington session break, 1954
Silver gelatin print
Print: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Framed: 16 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (41.6 x 51.8 cm)
© The Estate of Roy DeCarava 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Curved branch, 1994
Silver gelatin print
Print: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Framed: 16 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (41.6 x 51.8 cm)
© The Estate of Roy DeCarava 2019. All Rights Reserved.
Grass, 1991
Silver gelatin print
Print: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Framed: 16 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (41.6 x 51.8 cm)
© The Estate of Roy DeCarava 2019. All Rights Reserved.
