Langston Hughes, from the portfolio ​‘O, Write My Name’: American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

Carl Van Vechten, Langston Hughes, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes, 1939, printed 1983, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.152, Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)
Carl Van Vechten, Langston Hughes, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes, 1939, printed 1983, photogravure, image: 8 3⁄4 × 5 7⁄8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.152, Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)

Artwork Details

Title
Langston Hughes, from the portfolio ​‘O, Write My Name’: American Portraits, Harlem Heroes
Artist
Printer
Date
1939, printed 1983
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 8 3⁄4 × 5 7⁄8 in. (22.2 × 14.9 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
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Hughes, Langston
  • Occupation — writer — poet
  • African American
Object Number
1983.63.152
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.63.152

Works by this artist (2 items)

John Iversen, Untitled (brooch), 1997, gold and enamel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Susan Beech Collection, 2024.50.40, Photo by Robert Diamante
Untitled (brooch)
Artist
Date1997
gold and enamel
Not on view
John Iversen, Pin, 1989, constructed enamel, copper, nickel, sterling silver, and 22k gold, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund, 2000.1
Pin
Artist
Date1989
constructed enamel, copper, nickel, sterling silver, and 22k gold
Not on view

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