(Stein, Gertrude)

Van Vechten, Carl.  Gelatin silver print photographic portrait of Gertrude Stein with American flag, (91/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 241 x 190 mm), [New York, 1935], paperboard mount, signed by Van Vechten on the mount and signed and inscribed by Stein; a few spots and some soiling on the mount, edges of mount chipped, inscription faded.  Glazed and framed. 

Robert Rauschenberg, New York — Bequest to the present owner

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Van Vechten's iconic portrait of Gertrude Stein, signed by him and inscribed and signed by her to actress Katherine Cornell, "To Katherine Cornell — Whom I have so much enjoyed and whose friendship is a pleasure to me and for which I wish to be more than ever before a pleasure to she and to me — Always, Gertrude Stein."