Carl Van Vechten

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

1934

A woman in a vintage costume with a lace headscarf and buttoned dress raises her gloved hands.
A woman in a vintage costume with a lace headscarf and buttoned dress raises her gloved hands.

Carl Van Vechten, (Portrait of an Actor in "Four Saints in Three Acts"), 1934. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe 2013.166

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Not on view

Date
1934

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm)

Accession number
2013.166

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/44222




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