Portrait of soprano Leontyne Price as Bess in Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess.' Embossed on front: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten." Stamped on back: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission." Label on back: "As Bess in 'Porgy and Bess,' 1953. This production which toured widely in Europe and the United States, was eventually heard and seen in Detroit." Handwritten on back: "Leontyne Price as Bess in 'Porgy and Bess.' IVII KK 20. May 19, 1953."
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