Biography
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. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. In his later years, he took up photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult life, Van Vechten engaged in numerous homosexual affairs over his lifetime.
Books by Carl Van Vechten
Music of Spain
Firecrackers - a Realistic Nov
Firecrackers - a Realistic Novel (Read & Co. Classic Editions);with the Introductory Essay 'the Jazz Age Literature of the Lost Generation '
Music after the Great War, and Other Studies
Where the Jazz Band Plays - th
Where the Jazz Band Plays - the Weary Blues - Poetry by Langston Hughes
Tiger in the House /; C. 1
Tiger in the House /; C. 1
Interpreters
Lord of the Housetops Thirteen
Lord of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales
Carl Van Vechten : 'O, Write My Name'
Caruso's mustache off
Caruso's mustache off
Peter Whiffle - His Life and Works
Peter Wiffle His Life and Works
Peter Whiffle
In the garret
The splendid drunken twenties
Nigger heaven
Letters of Carl Van Vechten
The letters of Gertrude Stein and Carl Van Vechten, 1913-1946
Dance Photography of Carl Van Vechten
Portraits by Carl Van Vechten
Portraits by Carl Van Vechten
Keep a-inchin' along
Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten
The dance writings of Carl Van Vechten
James Weldon Johnson ...
The Hammond Museum presents "T
The Hammond Museum presents "The Lens of Carl van Vechten"
Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
Fragments from an unwritten au
Fragments from an unwritten autobiography
The Tiger in the House, 3rd Edition
Il romanzo d'Hollywood
Il romanzo d'Hollywood
Sacred and profane memories
All-star benefit concert for t
All-star benefit concert for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Le paradis des nègres
Le paradis des nègres
Excavations; a book of advocac
Excavations; a book of advocacies
The tattooed countess
The Music of Spain (Library of Music and Musicians)
The tiger in the house, by Car
The tiger in the house, by Carl Van Vechten
Interpreters and Interpretations
Music and bad manners
Rogue elephant in porcelain
Rogue elephant in porcelain
The Blind Bow-Boy