Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten". and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
This collection consists principally of photographic prints of Barney at various ages: as a teenager; as a young woman in Victorian attire and in riding gear; with Gabriele d'Annunzio; with Romaine Brooks; with unidentified friends; and by herself at age 48. Also included are: a photographic postcard addressed to "Chère Rachilde"; an inscribed calling card; and a copy of a book of poems by Louis Emié ("Hauts Desirs Sans Absence" Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1953), inscribed to Barney, with a letter from Barney to Emié.
Alternative Title:
[Photograph of Natalie Barney standing and holding a flower]
Description:
Natalie Barney was a poet, playwright, novelist and essayist, whose salon in Paris, while serving as a gathering point for writers in general, aimed to promote the writings of women. and Purchased from David J. Holmes on the Danforth N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1996
Subject (Name):
Barney, Natalie Clifford, D'Annunzio, Gabriele,--1863-1938, and Emié, Louis,--1900-
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, and Women authors, French
Includes photographs of Sir Charles Mendl, Elsie de Wolfe, Monty Woolley, Ada MacLeish, Ada and Archibald MacLeish's children, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Zelda Fitzgerald.
Subject (Geographic):
Antibes (France)
Subject (Name):
De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950, Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948, MacLeish, Ada, Mendl, Charles, Sir, 1871-1958, Murphy,, and Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964