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[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, with American flag as backdrop] – Vintage Wall Art

[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, with American flag as backdrop], 1935 Jan. 4. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Gertrude Stein, with American flag as backdrop], 1935 Jan. 4.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Gertrude Stein poses before an American flag in this 1935 gelatin silver print, a pointed choice of backdrop for a writer who had lived in Paris since 1903. Carl Van Vechten, the novelist and photographer who was one of her closest friends, made the portrait on January 4, 1935, during Stein's first lecture tour of the United States in decades. Van Vechten photographed her many times, and his estate gave this print to the Library of Congress in 1966.

Created / published1935 Jan. 4.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIV G 43. Also available on microfilm. Exhibited: Paris, Capital of America, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, IL, 2003-2004. 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 scan3,272 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180497

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