Portrait Photograph of Baroness Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen
New York: Carl Van Vechten, 1959.
Price: $1,200.00
Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph. Approximately 8" x 10". Slightest rubbing on one corner else fine. Photographer's embossed name, as well as with his stamp on the verso. Captioned by Van Vechten on the verso: "Baroness Karen Blixen. April 13, 1959. Not sent to the Baroness," with the number of the negative "XXVII LL16." Portrait from above of Blixen seated and holding a candy box.
Item #440881
Carl Van Vechten
birth name: Carl Van Vechten
born: 6/17/1880
died: 12/21/1964
Biography
American novelist and music and drama critic, an influential figure in New York literary circles in the 1920s; he was an early enthusiast of American black culture. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore