Scarce vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Stein in profile by her close friend Carl Van Vechten, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To you all, always, Gertrude Stein, Paris, France, Oct. 48.” Blindstamped at the bottom, "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten," and annotated on the reverse in Van Vechten's hand, "Gertrude Stein, 'Pigeons on the grass, alas!,' New York." In very good to fine condition, with light silvering, light discoloration to the upper right edge, and old adhesive residue beneath the Van Vechten blindstamp at the bottom. A noted writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance, Van Vechten would become Gertrude Stein's literary executor after her death. A scarce format, this is the first signed photograph of Stein we have ever offered.
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