View from Aileen Pringle’s Apartment, 227 East 57th St.Artwork Info About the Artist About this Photograph 1952 Gelatin silver print Titled and dated, with artist stamp, in ink, au verso Printed circa 1952 Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 December 21, 1964) gained fame as a writer, notoriety as a novelist, and in his later years took up photography and made portraits of notable people. He was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. Source: Wikipedia. com Aileen