Autographed photograph of LeRoi Jones

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white bust photographic portrait of LeRoi Jones, later known as Amiri Baraka. He is seated looking at the viewer with his proper left hand resting under his chin. He is wearing a dark, tweed jacket, striped shirt, and paisley patterned tie. Jones is seated in front of a white cloth background with visible foldmarks just above his shoulders. In the upper left corner hangs a triangle of cloth that has a dark band patterned with circles and “x” shapes. Below the dark band is a white band with twelve, dark outlined circles. Embossed at the bottom, lower left corner of the photograph is the photographer's stamp that reads: [PHOTOGRAPH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN]. On the verso, just below center is a stamp of three (3) lines of block text in black ink that reads: [PHOTOGRAPH BY CARL VAN VECHTEN / 146 CENTRAL PARK WEST / CANNOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION].

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