Carl Van Vechten
American · 1880–1964 · Photographer
Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a… (Wikipedia)
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Man RayPhillips · $6,096≈ £4,884≈ €5,592Sign up to see
Selected Portraits (Including 'Jean Cocteau', 'Rufino Tamayo', 'Alexander Calder', and 'Marie Laurencin', among others)Bonhams · $1,792≈ £1,316≈ €1,516Sign up to see
Baroness Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)Lempertz · €976≈ $1,263≈ £836Sign up to see
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Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. In his later years, he took up photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult years, Van Vechten engaged in numerous affairs with men during his lifetime.
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Harlem Renaissance
Also known as Carl van Vechten, Carl Van Vetchen
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