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Lot #7220
Langston Hughes Signed Photograph - PSA MINT 9

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Description

Vintage matte-finish 5 x 7 photo of the adored 'jazz poet' in a great front-facing pose by Carl Van Vechten, signed in fountain pen, "Sincerely—Langston Hughes, 1943." The lower right corner bears the photography studio blindstamp. In very fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as "MINT 9.”

Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: PSA Encapsulated
  • Dates: #683 - Ended February 16, 2023