Poetics of Blackness

Dawoud Bey, Night Coming Tenderly, Black: Untitled #2 (Trees and Farmhouse)  2017, printed 2020

Dawoud Bey, Night Coming Tenderly, Black: Untitled #4 (Leaves and Porch)  2017, printed 2020

Dawoud Bey, Night Coming Tenderly, Black: Untitled #9  2017, printed 2020

Dawoud Bey, Night Coming Tenderly, Black: Untitled #16  2017, printed 2020

Dawoud Bey, Night Coming Tenderly, Black: Untitled #24  2017, printed 2020

Roy DeCarava, Billie at Braddock’s, New York  1952, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Dancers, New York  1956, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Couple Dancing, New York  1956, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Across The Street, Night, Brooklyn  1978, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Night Feeding, Brooklyn  1973, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Four Men, New York  1964, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Man in Window, Brooklyn  1978, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.

Roy DeCarava, Milt Jackson, New York  1956, printed 1991

This work is from Twelve Photogravures 1950–79 (Tate P82474 – 85), a portfolio printed in 1991 comprising twelve handmade photogravure prints created by the African American photographer Roy DeCarava based on his photographs shot between 1950 and 1979. The twelve images included in the portfolio are: Horace Silver, New York 1963, Dancers, New York 1956, Paul Roberson, New York 1950, Couple Dancing, New York 1956, Across the Street, Night, Brooklyn 1978, Milt Jackson, New York 1956, Fourth of July, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 1978, Night Feeding, Brooklyn 1973, Lingerie, New York 1950, Four Men, New York 1956, Man in Window, Brooklyn 1978 and Billie at Braddock’s New York 1952.