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Illustration for Nigger Heaven

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@ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA

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Research in ProgressIllustration for a Knopf edition (unpublished) of Carl van Vechten's controversial novel, Nigger Heaven, originally published in 1926. In the foreground, a crowd of people observes four couples dancing in a spotlight (in the background). A colorful curtain in blue, red, and yellow drapes over the top, right corner of the image.
Type:
Image
Format:
Brush And Watercolor On Paper
Rights:
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Smithsonian Institution