Medium Photogravure, printed later
Dimensions 8 7/8 × 5 7/8" (22.6 × 14.9 cm)
Credit Gift of Richard Benson
Object number SC2008.1.283.2
Portfolio Untitled
Department Photography

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Carl Van Vechten

Carl Van Vechten

American, 1880–1964 25 works online

A parade of cultural figures sat for Carl Van Vechten’s camera. In just over three decades, starting in the early 1930s, he created more than 15,000 photographs, the vast majority portraits of leading lights from the worlds of art, literature, music, theater, and film.

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