James Baldwin

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Object Details

Artist

Carl Van Vechten, 17 Jun 1880 - 21 Dec 1964

Sitter

James Arthur Baldwin, 2 Aug 1924 - 1 Dec 1987

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1955 (printed 1983)

Object number

NPG.83.188.3

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Photograph © Carl Van Vechten Trust

Gravure and compilation ©Eakins Press Foundation

Type

Photograph

Medium

Photogravure

Dimensions

Image: 22.2 × 14.9 cm (8 3/4 × 5 7/8")

Sheet: 55.9 × 35.3 cm (22 × 13 7/8")

Mat: 61.2 × 40.7 cm (24 1/8 × 16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

James Arthur Baldwin: Male

James Arthur Baldwin: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer

James Arthur Baldwin: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist

James Arthur Baldwin: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist

James Arthur Baldwin: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright

James Arthur Baldwin: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Essayist

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