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[Portrait of Gertrude Stein] – Antique Photo Print

[Portrait of Gertrude Stein], 1934 Nov. 4. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Gertrude Stein], 1934 Nov. 4.. 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 Gertrude Stein], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Dated November 4, 1934, this gelatin silver print shows the writer Gertrude Stein, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, a novelist and critic who was also a champion of modern writers. Stein had lived in Paris for decades, where her salon drew painters and writers, and her 1933 memoir, *The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas*, became a surprise bestseller in the United States. That success helped make her the subject of wide curiosity when she returned for a lecture tour of America in 1934 and 1935. Van Vechten photographed many of the period's best-known figures, and his portraits of Stein are among the most recognizable images of her.

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 43. 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 scan1,199 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120005

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