Ada "Bricktop" Smith, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"
Object Details
- Artist
- Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964
- Printer
- Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017
- Sitter
- Ada "Bricktop" Smith
- Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Smith
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
- Copyright
- Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)
- 1934, printed 1983
- Object number
- 1983.63.142
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- photogravure
- Dimensions
- image: 5 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (14.3 × 21.3 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- African American
- Performing arts\dance
- Performing arts\music\voice
- Portrait female
- Portrait female
- Record ID
- saam_1983.63.142
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7055e76b1-2b91-4d84-b143-54a5fd784e5a
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