Portrait of John W. Bubbles, as the original Sporting Life in George Gershwin's 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.

Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED 1935 Dec. 27.

NOTES Title derived from information on verso of photographic print.

Van Vechten number: XXXVI I 4.

Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966.

Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Source Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Van Vechten Collection, reproduction number LC-USZ62-124551.

This work is from the Carl Van Vechten Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work. As the restrictions on this collection expired in 1986, the Library of Congress believes this image is in the public domain. However, the Carl Van Vechten estate has asked that use of Van Vechten's photographs "preserve the integrity" of his work, i.e, that photographs not be colorized or cropped, and that proper credit is given to the photographer.