Bessie Smith, Feb. 3, 1936
Artist
Carl Van Vechten
(American, 1880 - 1964)
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.77 × 19.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4486
SignedBlindstamp on sheet recto, lower right: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a woman with a furrowed brow wearing a loosely draped long-sleeved satin top.Exhibition HistoryAmerican Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 9 2022–January 8 2023, no cat.
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Carl Van Vechten
1950
2005.27.4507
