Object Details
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Artist
- Carl Van Vechten, 17 Jun 1880 - 21 Dec 1964
- Sitter
- Bessie Smith, 15 Apr 1894 - 26 Sep 1937
- Date
- 1936
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 25.2 x 18.6 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16")
- Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")
- Type
- Photograph
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