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Collection Artwork
Artist
Carl Van Vechten (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1880 – 1964, New York, New York)
Title
[Alvin Ailey]
Creation date
March 22, 1955
Materials
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image size: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
paper size: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Credit Line
The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum
Place of Creation
probably photographed in New York, New York, United States, North America
Accession Number
2017.41.415
Object Type
Photographs
Marks
Blindstamped, lower middle: PHOTOG[R]APH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN
Inscribed, verso, upper middle: alvin ailey

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Research on our collection is ongoing. If you have resources you’d like to share, please contact Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara.
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