Product Description
Carl van Vechten “Robert Curtis” 1955
CARL VAN VECHTEN
Robert Curtis 1955
Signed: Robert Curtis, XVI . MM . 17 April 19 . 1955 (in ink on back); PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN, 146 CENTRAL PARK WEST, CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION (ink stamp on back)
Size: H: 9 7/8” x W: 7 7/16”
Carl van Vechten “Robert Curtis” 1955
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964) USA
Billie Holiday 1949
Signed: Billie Holiday, March 23. 1949, III g9.11(in ink on back); PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN, 101 CENTRAL PARK WEST, CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION (ink stamp on back)
Size: H: 9 3/8” x W: 6 11/16”
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her sometime collaborator Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz, and pop singers’ critic John Bush wrote that she “changed the art of American pop vocals forever.” Her vocal style — strongly inspired by instrumentalists — pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing.
CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964) USA
Rosa Covarrubias 1935
Signed: ROSE COVARRUBIAS, 28 FEB 1932, V (in pencil on back); PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN, 146 CENTRAL PARK WEST, CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION (ink stamp on back)
Size: H: 9 7/8” x W: 7 15/16”