Carl Van Vechten

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

1934

Young woman in a ruffled dress and veil with flowers in her hair sits against a striped backdrop.
Young woman in a ruffled dress and veil with flowers in her hair sits against a striped backdrop.

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 2013.167

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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
2013.167

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/44223




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