VAN VECHTEN, Carl. (STEIN, Gertrude)

Seven Photographs by Carl Van Vechten (five of Gertrude Stein and two self-portraits)

Seven photographs by Carl Van Vechten. Each is postcard size (5.5" x 3.25"), and each bears Van Vechten's embossed stamp in the margin. Small tape or stamp hinge shadow on the reverse side of each where they were placed in an album, else just about fine. One image of Stein has some scratching, but the scratches are from the plate, not the printed image. The five photographs of Stein, each from the chest up, with a mountain range in the distance, were all apparently taken at the same time, each is printed on Dupont Defender photographic paper, and each is labeled on the reverse in Van Vechten's hand: "Gertrude Stein Bilignin." One of the Van Vechten self-portraits is of the author and photographer in formal dress looking pensive, the other informal, looking even more pensive. The latter is Inscribed on the reverse: "For Richard Corin [?] from Carl Van Vechten. April 1963, New York." Both are printed on Kodak photo post card paper.

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