Feral Benga
Artist
Carl Van Vechten
(American, 1880 - 1964)
DateJanuary 10, 1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 inches (35.4 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4454
SignedBlindstamp on image recto, lower right: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of shirtless man loosely holding lotis flowers. He is in front of a wall with a vertical bamboo pattern.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.
Copyright© Carl Van Vechten Trust
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