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[Portrait of Carlo Levi] – Vintage Wall Art

[Portrait of Carlo Levi], 1947 June 4. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Carlo Levi], 1947 June 4.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Portrait of Carlo Levi], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Portrait of Carlo Levi]

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Carlo Levi sat for Carl Van Vechten on June 4, 1947, a few years after his memoir *Christ Stopped at Eboli* made him known well beyond Italy. Born in Turin in 1902, Levi worked as a painter, physician and writer, and his anti-Fascist activity led to internal exile in the impoverished villages of Lucania in the mid-1930s, an experience that shaped both his book and his canvases. Van Vechten photographed many writers, artists and performers of the period, and this portrait is part of the Library of Congress collection of those sittings.

Created / published1947 June 4.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V DD 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsLevi, Carlo,--1902-1975.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,277 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207381

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