Carl Van Vechten

Dorothy Dow as Susan B. Anthony

1947

Woman in dark dress with lace collar looks upward in strong side lighting against patterned background.
Woman in dark dress with lace collar looks upward in strong side lighting against patterned background.

Carl Van Vechten, Dorothy Dow as Susan B. Anthony, 1947. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 13/16 in. (24.4 × 17.3 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 6 13/16 in. (24.4 × 17.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe 2013.158

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Not on view

Date
1947

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 13/16 in. (24.4 × 17.3 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 6 13/16 in. (24.4 × 17.3 cm)

Accession number
2013.158

Series
The Mother of Us All

Credit line
Gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/44209



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