Carl Van VechtenAmerican, 1880–1964Truman Capote
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2006.192
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Carl Van Vechten
The whole life1946–1956
Portrait postcards for Karl Priebe
From 1946 to 1956 Van Vechten sent the Wisconsin artist Karl Priebe hundreds of postcards bearing his portrait photographs.
1949
Gives photographs to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Van Vechten gave sixty of his photographs to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, beginning what became one of the largest collections of his work in the United States.
1950s
Against McCarthyism
In the 1950s, despite his age, Van Vechten spoke out against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist tirades, while remaining true to his own views.
