Carl Van Vechten

(Portrait of an Actor in "Four Saints in Three Acts")

1934

Young woman gazing to the side while surrounded by large flowers and patterned fabric.
Young woman gazing to the side while surrounded by large flowers and patterned fabric.

Carl Van Vechten, (Portrait of an Actor in "Four Saints in Three Acts"), 1934. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.8 × 16.8 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.8 × 16.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe 2013.161

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Not on view

Date
1934

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.8 × 16.8 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.8 × 16.8 cm)

Accession number
2013.161

Series
Four Saints in Three Acts

Credit line
Gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/44217




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