Photograph of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, New York
New York: Carl Van Vechten, 1952.
Price: $900.00
Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph. Approximately 4.5" x 6.5". Fine. Photographer's embossed stamp, stamp on the verso, and hand-captioned by Van Vechten on the verso: "St. Patrick's Day Parade. 44th Street. March 17-52" along with the number of the negative "X.jj.7." Features a number of New York City policemen awaiting the start of the parade. A sharp and splendid image.
Item #440968
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