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The Laureates of the Lewd

The Laureates of the Lewd

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Artist: Edward Sorel, born 1929
Sitter: John Hoyer Updike, 18 Mar 1932 - 27 Jan 2009; Gore Vidal, 3 Oct 1925 - 31 Jul 2012; Philip Roth, 19 Mar 1933 - 22 May 2018

Date: 1993

Type: Drawing

Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 63.5cm x 47.7cm (25" x 18 3/4"); Mount: 66.6cm x 50.2cm (26 1/4" x 19 3/4")

Topic: Caricature; Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Typewriter; John Hoyer Updike: Male; John Hoyer Updike: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor; John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Writer\Poet; John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Writer\Novelist; John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Writer\Essayist; John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Literary critic; John Hoyer Updike: Pulitzer Prize; Gore Vidal: Male; Gore Vidal: Literature\Writer; Gore Vidal: Literature\Writer\Novelist; Gore Vidal: Literature\Writer\Playwright; Philip Roth: Male; Philip Roth: Literature\Writer\Novelist; Philip Roth: National Humanities Medal; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply
Copyright: © Edward Sorel

Object number: NPG.94.79

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Location: Currently not on view

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