Carl van Vechten, "Truman Capote" 1948

CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964) USA

Truman Capote   1948

Signed: TRUMAN CAPOTE, IV ee.18, March 30. 1948 (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 7/8” x W: 6 3/8”

Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. Van Vechten took photographs of many the major artists and intellectuals of the first half of the 20th century. The importance of these images is twofold; they document a specific time and milieu in 20th-century American history that was neglected by others, and they are among some of the earliest art photography images created.