Portrait of Gore Vidal

[New York], 1948. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten, "Gore Vidal / IX ff 5 / Oct 14 - '48"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Fine. Vintage silver print docketed on verso by Van Vechten, "Gore Vidal / IX ff 5 / Oct 14 - '48"; and with the studio stamp "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten/146 Central Park West/Cannot be reproduced without permission". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. Very early photographic portrait of the 23-year-old Vidal, taken in the year that the publication of his controversial novel THE CITY AND THE PILLAR scandalized the mainstream press.