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Original gelatin silver print. 9¼x5¼". Captioned and dated in pencil on the verso: Robinson Jeffers at Random House, N. Y. 9 July 1937" with studio stamp and the number of the negative; photographer's blind stamp at bottom right of the recto. Housed in a red morocco-backed portfolio.

A fine half-length portrait in profile of the poet, published in Van Vechtens "Portraits" (1978). "During his career as a photographer, Carl Van Vechten’s subjects, many of whom were his friends and social acquaintances, included dancers, actors, writers, artists, activists, singers, costumiers, photographers, social critics, educators, journalists, and aesthetes ... Van Vechten photographed many of the most famous and influential figures of his day as well as up-and-comers and artistic outliers ... Van Vechten’s most compelling photographs document the photographer’s artistic sensibility while demonstrating his significant talent for portraiture." - Yale University, Carl Van Vechten Papers.