Carl Van Vechten
(June 17, 1880–December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.

Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949

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@beineckelibrary Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten. Dates March 23, 1949.

From the Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African tAmerican Arts and Letters.

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