Self Portrait photograph of Carl Van Vechten
New York: Carl Van Vechten, 1934.
Price: $1,500.00
Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph. Approximately 8" x 10". Slightly curled, narrow piece of the bottom right corner intentionally trimmed, presumably by the photographer, else about fine. Photographer's stamp on the verso. Captioned by Van Vechten on the verso: "Carl Van Vechten March 9' 1934" with the number of the negative "XLIII.e.40." Classic close up image of Van Vechten in white tie and top hat balancing a cup of tea before him.
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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