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[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, New York] – Historic Photograph Print

[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, New York], 1934 Nov. 4. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, New York], 1934 Nov. 4.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, New York]

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Taken in New York on November 4, 1934, this portrait shows Gertrude Stein during her first extended return to the United States in more than three decades, a lecture tour that drew large crowds across the country. Carl Van Vechten, the novelist and critic who championed her writing and was one of her closest American friends, photographed her many times, and his sittings remain among the best-known images of her. The print belongs to his celebrity portraits, which the Library of Congress received from his estate in 1966.

Created / published1934 Nov. 4.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIII G 13. 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).
SubjectsStein, Gertrude,--1874-1946.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,266 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179131

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