[Claude Thompson as Islander in “Jamaica”]

Collection Artwork

Artist

Carl Van Vechten (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1880 – 1964, New York, New York)

Title

[Claude Thompson as Islander in “Jamaica”]

Creation date

February 5, 1959

Materials

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
paper size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 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

2017.41.794

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Blindstamped, lower center: PHOTOGRAPH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN
Inscribed, verso, center: Claude Thompson / in / Jamaica

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