ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF JULIAN MAYFIELD
by [Mayfield, Julian]: Van Vechten, Carl:
Price: $750.00
- Bookseller: William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: WRCLIT 60462
- Publisher: [New York]. [6 March 1959].
Book Description
[New York]. [6 March 1959].. Original borderless gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 19 cm (10 x 7.5 inches). Matted. Old mat mounting tape on verso, minor creases to a couple corners, else near fine. A striking and characteristic portrait by Van Vechten of African American writer, dramatist and activist Julian Mayfield (1928- 1985), seated, full face, dating from the years immediately following his first literary and dramatic successes. With Van Vechten's studio stamp on the verso, his blindstamp in the corner, and with his manuscript subject identification, negative number and date in ink. A print of this image is in the Library of Congress Van Vechten Portrait Collection. KELLNER G866.
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