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Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Ralph Bunche  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1951, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Occupation\science\political science  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.147

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Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Ossie Davis  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1951, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Performing arts\theater\actor  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.148

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.148

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

W.E.B. DuBois  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (22.5 × 14.6 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1936, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Occupation\science\sociologist  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.149

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.149

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Josh White  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (22.5 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1946, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Performing arts\music\guitar  Search this

Object\musical instrument\guitar  Search this

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Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.150

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.150

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Charles Spurgeon Johnson  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1948, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Occupation\science\sociologist  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.151

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.151

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Langston Hughes  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1939, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\writer\poet  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.152

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.152

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Joe Louis  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1941, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Occupation\sport\boxing  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.153

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.153

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Jacob Lawrence  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1941, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\art\artist  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.155

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.155

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Horace Pippin  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1940, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\art\artist  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.156

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.156

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1941, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Performing arts\dance\tap dance  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Performing arts\theater\actor  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.157

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.157

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

John W. Bubbles  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1935, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Performing arts\dance  Search this

Performing arts\music\voice  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.158

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1983.63.158

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

James Baldwin  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1955, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\writer\playwright  Search this

Occupation\writer\novelist  Search this

Occupation\writer\essayist  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.159

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1983.63.159

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Howard Swanson  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (22.5 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1951, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Performing arts\music\composer  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.160

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.160

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

James Weldon Johnson  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1932, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\writer\poet  Search this

Performing arts\music\composer  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.161

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.161

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Ella Fitzgerald  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1940, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Performing arts\music\voice  Search this

Portrait female  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.162

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1983.63.162

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Romare Bearden  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 5/8 × 5 7/8 in. (21.9 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1944, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\art\artist  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.163

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.163

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Richard Wright  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 7/8 × 6 in. (22.5 × 15.2 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1939, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\writer\author  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.164

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.164

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Margaret Walker  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 7/8 × 6 in. (22.5 × 15.2 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1942, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Occupation\writer\poet  Search this

Portrait female  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.165

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.165

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Printer:

Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this

Sitter:

Paul Robeson  Search this

Medium:

photogravure

Dimensions:

image: 8 3/4 × 5 7/8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction

Date:

1933, printed 1983

Topic:

African American  Search this

Performing arts\music\voice  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts

Copyright:

Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Object number:

1983.63.166

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edanmdm:saam_1983.63.166

Artist:

Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this

Sitter:

Romaine Brooks  Search this

Medium:

gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

sheet and image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.3 x 18.2 cm)

Type:

Photography-Photoprint

Date:

ca. 1936

Topic:

Portrait female\bust  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney

Object number:

2000.42

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EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2000.42