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Van Vechten

American  
[van vek-tuhn] / væn ˈvɛk tən /

noun

  1. Carl, 1880–1964, U.S. author.


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“Breaking up and reconstituting California into three separate parts would be more complicated than Brexit,” Van Vechten said.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2018

The exhibition mines the museum's permanent collection for 39 photographs taken by author Carl Van Vechten.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2016

Friday-Sunday: As part of the celebration leading up to the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, "Harlem Heroes: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten" opens the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2016

In the show’s most chilling wink, he makes the white Harlem Renaissance gadfly Carl Van Vechten into a villainous scold who attacks the show while damning it to irrelevance.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016

And the first little winged thought who found Peter Van Vechten was to summon his aerial brothers from the ether.

From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Katherine Stokes

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