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Lot 120
WERTHEIMER, ALFRED (1929-2014) Group of three gelatin silver prints of Charles Manuel "Sweet Daddy" Grace.
Comprises Daddy Grace-Annual Fire House Baptism-West 115 Street. New York City, July 1955, likely vintage or near-vintage. 9 x 13 1/2 inches (230 x 342 mm), flush-mounted to card, verso with Alfred Wertheimer's 16 West 45 Street stamp and the later estate stamp signed by Pam Wertheimer, title apparently in Wertheimer's hand. Minor wear to edges of image; [Daddy Grace getting into limousine], likely 1950s, printed later. 13 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (332 x 226 mm), verso with Wertheimer's 1296 West Third Avenue stamp, and the later estate stamp signed by Pam Wertheimer Minor retouching noted; and [Daddy Grace with child], likely 1950s, printed later. 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (267 x 340 mm), with the later estate stamp signed by Pam Wertheimer. Minor loss to emulsion at extreme upper right corner of print.
Three images by Wertheimer of Daddy Grace, the founder and first bishop of the United House of Prayer For All People, a denomination with a largely African-American congregation. Known for his ostentation (and his long fingernails, evident in these images), Grace was the archetypal celebrity preacher.
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