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[Portrait of William Faulkner] – Historic Photograph Print

[Portrait of William Faulkner], 1954 Dec. 11. — historic photograph
[Portrait of William Faulkner], 1954 Dec. 11.. 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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Novelist William Faulkner is the subject of this December 1954 portrait by Carl Van Vechten, a photographer known for his sittings with writers, performers, and other public figures. Faulkner, who lived most of his life in Oxford, Mississippi, had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949, and his novels built on the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. The gelatin silver print belongs to Van Vechten's celebrity portrait series, which reached the Library of Congress through his estate in 1966.

Created / published1954 Dec. 11.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VII MM 6. 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).
SubjectsFaulkner, William,--1897-1962.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan632 × 848 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187354

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