The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
at Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-580-8080
We’re closed now.
Hours: 12 – 5 pm
Plan your visit
Adding item...
Collection Artwork
Artist
Carl Van Vechten (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1880 – 1964, New York, New York)
Title
[Claude Thompson as Islander in “Jamaica”]
Creation date
February 5, 1959
Materials
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image size: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
image size: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.
paper size: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.
Credit Line
The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum
Place of Creation
probably photographed in New York, New York, United States, North America
Accession Number
2017.41.796
Object Type
Photographs
Marks
Blindstamped, lower left: PHOT[OGR]APH BY / CARL VAN VECHTEN
Inscribed, verso, upper center: Claude Thompson / in the Bikini Scene / in Jamaica

Ongoing Research

Research on our collection is ongoing. If you have resources you’d like to share, please contact Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara.
Carl Van Vechten
Artist Collections
See 104 artworks
The Jack Shear Collection of Photography
Donor Collections
See 738 artworks
Learn more
Ajay Sinha on Carl Van Vechten
Essay
i
Pattern as of Apr 16, 11:18:07 am
daily on-campus page views: 140
daily off-campus page views: 609
current wind in Saratoga Springs: 2.13 mph, SSE
Website design: Linked by Air