Langston Hughes

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Object Details

Artist

Edward Henry Weston, 24 Mar 1886 - 1 Jun 1958

Sitter

Langston Hughes, 1 Feb 1902 - 22 May 1967

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1932

Object number

NPG.77.264

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 24.4 × 19.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8")

Mount: 45.8 × 35.4 cm (18 1/16 × 13 15/16")

Mat: 55.9 × 40.7 cm (22 × 16")

Place

United States\California\Monterey\Carmel

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

Costume\Dress Accessory\Flower\Boutonniere

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Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Translator

Langston Hughes: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright

Portrait

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