(Barnes, Albert C.) Van Vechten, Carl

Portrait photograph of Albert C. Barnes

9 3/4 x 7 3/4, Merion, PA: February 4th, 1940. Atelier stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission. Holograph notations in ink giving the subject of the photograph and the number of the negative.

Albert C. Barnes (1872-1951), self-made businessman, had a distaste for inherited privilege and a respect for the common man , which fed the fires of his interest in industrial relations, self-improvement, and equal rights for African Americans. His desire to provide nondiscriminatory access to art and education led to the creation of The Barnes Foundation in 1922 Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN(1978).

Item #36482       Price: $750.00