The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ
The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ
The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ
The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ
The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ
The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ

The Passionate Observer: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, 1993, Near Fine SC w/DJ

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Davis, Keith F. Kansas City: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1993. 
English, Near Fine, SC, 4to, 11 1/2" x 9 1/4", 120 pp. 
ISBN: 0875296696

Softcover in red wraps. Light wear to bottom front tip and small spot of soiling to fore-edge. Near Fine pictorial dust jacket, light soiling to back panel. 120 pp. Includes reproductions of Van Vechten's black-and-white portraits. Stunning collection of images by American writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten, featuring an array of celebrities, journalists, and artists, such as Marcel Duchamp, Billie Holiday, Marlon Brando, Frida Kahlo, and many others. This book highlights not only Van Vechten's success as a photographer and writer, but also his patronage of central figures in the Harlem Renaissance.