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Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress)
- Title: Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress)
- Other Title:
Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Van Vechten collection (Library of Congress)
Van Vechten Collection (Library of Congress)
Creative Americans: portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964. - Creator(s): Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer
- Related Names:
Lutz, Mark, 1901-1969 , photographer
Mauriber, Saul , photographer
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991 , photographer - Date Created/Published: 1927-1964, bulk 1930s-1950s.
- Medium: 1,395 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 28 x 35 cm. or smaller.
- Summary: Chiefly studio portraits of people involved in the arts, including musicians; dancers; artists; literati; theatrical, film and television actors and actresses. Also included are antique dealers, athletes, publishers, statesmen, and many people associated with the Harlem Renaissance. People who appear in more than 10 portraits include: Judith Anderson, Tallulah Bankhead, Anton Dolin, Hugh Laing, Dame Alicia Markova, Ram Gopal, and Ethel Waters. Includes some group portraits, and several portraits and self-portraits of Van Vechten. Landscapes, cityscapes, and other sites, scenes, and sculpture, including architectural elements, from Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, New York City, New Mexico, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
May be restricted: Information on reproduction rights available in LC P&P Restrictions Notebook.
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
- Notes:
- Arrangement: Organized into two LOTs: Portrait photographs of celebrities (LOT 12735), and American scenes (LOT 12736); Arrangement: 1,310 portraits arranged alphabetically by sitter; 85 American scenes arranged by state with unidentified locales at the end.
- Primarily known as a music and dance critic and novelist, Van Vechten gained a reputation as a theatrical and society photographer. Many of the sitters were acquaintances of Van Vechten; he photographed them in his studio, in private sittings, and also at social gatherings.
- Finding aid (unpublished): Lists each photograph, including date, Van Vechten number, and Library of Congress copy negative number. Available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room as paper checklist.
- Finding aid also available in electronic form.
- Available on microfilm (made by LC Photoduplication Service in 1989).
- Digitized images (made from 35mm copy film in 1991) of all items in the collection and their associated identifying information are also available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
- Digitized images along with their associated identifying information and a narrative introduction are also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title: Creative Americans : Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964, produced for the National Digital Library Program, American Memory collections.
- Collection title devised by Library staff.
- Brief captions, including identification of sitter or subject, month, day, and year of photo, and Van Vechten negative number penned or pencilled on versos of most photos. Blind stamp with photographer's name on many photos; photographer's stamp on versos of many.
- Most photos taken and probably printed by Van Vechten himself, almost half are from the 1930s. Some portraits of Van Vechten taken by Mark Lutz, Prentiss Taylor, and possibly Saul Mauriber.
- Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966; (DLC/PP-1966:106)
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- Rights Advisory: May be restricted: Information on reproduction rights available in LC P&P Restrictions Notebook.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium: 1,395 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 28 x 35 cm. or smaller.
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- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium: 1,395 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 28 x 35 cm. or smaller.
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