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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 Books & Writers 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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A window into the past: [Portrait of William Faulkner], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Dated December 11, 1954, this gelatin silver portrait shows William Faulkner late in his career, when he was among the most celebrated American writers. It belongs to the celebrity series of Carl Van Vechten, the writer and photographer who photographed many of the literary and artistic figures of his day, and the print carries Van Vechten's own numbering. Faulkner had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949, and in 1954 he published *A Fable*, which later won a Pulitzer Prize. The Library of Congress received the collection as a gift from Van Vechten's 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 4. 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 scan1,131 × 1,450 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218752

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