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VAN VECHTEN'S 1934 PORTRAIT OF HER AT BILIGNIN STEIN, GERTRUDE. Photograph Signed and Inscribed: "For Helen, / Long live the oracled / Always, / Gtde," bust portrait by Carl Van Vechten showing her in profile with hills [near Bilignin, France] in background. Inscribed on the mount, lower right. Additionally signed by Van Vechten, on the mount, lower right. Photographer's ink stamp on verso of mount with notations. 6 3/4x9 1/2 inches (image), 17x13 1/2 inches overall; marked fading to Stein's inscription, faint scattered foxing to mount, minor silvering to lower edge of photograph; framed. Np, nd
