CARL VAN VECHTEN
2020-05-18Van Vechten had a lifelong interest in African American culture and was committed to promoting black artists. In the early 1920s, Van Vechten sought out NAACP leader Walter White, who would introduce him to his colleague James Weldon Johnson. Johnson in turn facilitated introductions between Van Vechten and countless key figures in the rising Harlem Renaissance. Van Vechten became a familiar sight in predominantly black spaces, attending formal NAACP banquets as well as Harlem nightclubs and speakeasies.
Opposite – Cab Calloway, c. 1933
Exhibition runs through to June 12th, 2020
Keith de Lellis Gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York
NY 10022
