Portrait Photograph of Leontyne Price

by Leontyne Price, Carl Van Vechten

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Gelatin silver print. Half-length pose holding flowers, in front of studio backdrop. 1 vols. 32.5 x 23.4 cm. 12-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches . Atelier stamp on rear, with pencil notes giving the date of the session, subject of the photo, and Van Vechten's id number xvii KK 2 . Item #220936 Rare portrait of the young soprano at the beginning of her operatic stardom, in coat and gown, taking a curtain call . Not in the Library of Congress

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