ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF EARTHA KITT
by Van Vechten, Carl:
Price: $1,000.00
- Bookseller: William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: WRCLIT 59944
- Publisher: New York. 19 October 1952.
Book Description
New York. 19 October 1952.. Original borderless gelatin silver print, 25.5 x 17 cm (9 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches). Matted. Fine. A beautiful vintage portrait of the 25 year old singer, dating from the year of her Broadway appearance in NEW FACES. This print bears Van Vechten's ink studio stamp on the verso. The subject, date and negative number are also written on the verso in ink, in Van Vechten's hand. There are prints of three other negatives from the same session in the Library of Congress Van Vechten photo archive, and two other prints from the session were exhibited in EXTRAVAGANT CROWD CARL VAN VECHTEN'S PORTRAITS OF WOMEN (Yale, Beinecke Library, 2003). KELLNER G701.
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