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New York, 1939. Gelatin silver print. Half length studio portrait of the author, seated before backdrop. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. (13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches). Atelier stamp on verso, and pencil notes giving the date of the session, name of sitter, Van Vechten's id number ("x p .0"). Minor smudges on verso. Gelatin silver print. Half length studio portrait of the author, seated before backdrop. 1 vols. 35 x 27.5 cm. (13-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches). Taken in the period between Wright's first success with UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN (1938), and his leap to fame with NATIVE SON (1940).