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"O, Write My Name." American Portraits - Harlem Heros

Editor Jane Mayall Katz American
Printer Richard Benson American
1980s
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "O, Write My Name." American Portraits - Harlem Heros
  • Artist: Carl Van Vechten (American, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1880–1964 New York)
  • Editor: Jane Mayall Katz
  • Printer: Richard Benson (American, 1943–2017)
  • Date: 1980s
  • Medium: Photogravures
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.1021
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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