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[Portrait of Franz Werfel] – Vintage Wall Art

[Portrait of Franz Werfel], 1940 Dec. 14. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Franz Werfel], 1940 Dec. 14.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Portrait of Franz Werfel] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Carl Van Vechten made this portrait of Franz Werfel on December 14, 1940, only months after the Austrian-born writer had escaped occupied France and reached the United States. Werfel, a leading voice of German-language literature whose novel *The Forty Days of Musa Dagh* had been a sensation in the 1930s, was then starting a new life in exile in California and New York. Van Vechten, a novelist and tireless chronicler of writers, musicians and performers, photographed hundreds of such figures, and his sittings capture the literary circles of the period.

Created / published1940 Dec. 14.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXI S 22. 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).
SubjectsWerfel, Franz,--1890-1945.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,236 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120007

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