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[Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald] – Antique Photo Print

[Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald], 1932 June 4. — historic photograph
[Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald], 1932 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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Carl Van Vechten made this gelatin silver portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald on June 4, 1932, during the period when he was photographing a long roster of writers, performers and artists in New York. Van Vechten's sitters were often caught in relaxed, candid poses rather than formal studio settings, and his large celebrity series has become one of the most used visual records of the Jazz Age and the decade that followed. Fitzgerald, by 1932, was known for The Great Gatsby and was then struggling with money and with his wife Zelda's health, which makes this sitting a useful snapshot of a writer at a turning point in his career.

Created / published1932 June 4.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIV K 24. 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).
SubjectsFitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott),--1896-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,051 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160004

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