[Portrait of Bessie Smith] - Public domain portrait print

Van Vechten number: V J 27.
Also available on microfilm.
Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.
Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "American Treasures of the Library of Congress", 1997; "Treasures from the World's Great Libraries" at the National Library of Australia, 2001-2002.
Exhibited: "Jazz Singers" in the Performing Arts Reading Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Feb. - July 2016 ; 2nd venue: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, Aug. 2016 - February 2017.