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[Portrait of Gore Vidal] – Vintage Wall Art

[Portrait of Gore Vidal], 1948 Nov. 14. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Gore Vidal], 1948 Nov. 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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Step back in time with [Portrait of Gore Vidal], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Carl Van Vechten made this gelatin silver portrait of the young novelist Gore Vidal on November 14, 1948, when Vidal was in his early twenties and had just published his second novel, *The City and the Pillar*, which had caused a stir for its frank treatment of homosexuality. Van Vechten, a writer and tireless photographer of the literary and theatrical world, sat hundreds of artists, critics and performers during the 1930s through the 1960s, and his sitters' portraits now form a major part of the Library of Congress holdings. The print came to the library as a gift from his estate in 1966, and its catalog record notes that the title was taken from information written on the back of the print.

Created / published1948 Nov. 14.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX FF 5. 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).
SubjectsVidal, Gore,--1925-
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,294 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-197397

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