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Architectural sculpture

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Edward James

Edward James

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Unidentified Man

Unidentified Man

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Edith Spurlock Sampson

Edith Spurlock Sampson

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1949 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Edward Darnell

Edward Darnell

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Blue and gold bedroom of the Villa Coronea near Florence

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Unidentified Men

Unidentified Men

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Unidentified Woman

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Columns

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Cloisters

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Iron railing

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Church steeple

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Unidentified Interior

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1946
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Miniature horse and boy and girl figurines

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Claude McKay

Claude McKay

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1941 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Dave Brubeck (with Paul Desmond)

Dave Brubeck (with Paul Desmond)

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1954
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Canada Lee

Canada Lee

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
April 7, 1941
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Alicia Markova

Alicia Markova

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1941
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
André Eglevsky

André Eglevsky

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1958 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1939 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott

Alexander Humphreys Woollcott

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
January 3, 1939
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1949
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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