Margaret Walker, from the portfolio O, Write My Name’: American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

Carl Van Vechten, Margaret Walker, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes, 1942, printed 1983, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.165, Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)
Carl Van Vechten, Margaret Walker, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes, 1942, printed 1983, photogravure, image: 8 78 × 6 in. (22.5 × 15.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.165, Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Artwork Details

Title
Margaret Walker, from the portfolio O, Write My Name’: American Portraits, Harlem Heroes
Date
1942, printed 1983
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 8 78 × 6 in. (22.5 × 15.2 cm)
Copyright
Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Mediums Description
photogravure
Subjects
  • African American
  • Occupation — writer — poet
  • Portrait female — Walker, Margaret
Object Number
1983.63.165

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