Half-length portrait of the seated musician, playing the sitar. 1 vols. 32 x 23.5 cm. (approximately 12-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches)
1933 · New York
by Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1933. Variant of the portrait reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait of the seated musician, playing the sitar. 1 vols. 32 x 23.5 cm. (approximately 12-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches). Fine. Docketed in ink on verso, giving the name of the sitter ("Annada Charan Bhotta Charyya / Hindu musician with Shan-kar"), the date of the session, and a reference to negative and print ("XVI - B - 22"). Variant of the portrait reproduced in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Half-length portrait of the seated musician, playing the sitar. 1 vols. 32 x 23.5 cm. (approximately 12-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches). (Inventory #: 219344)