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Eisenhower and Khrushchev

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1959
Owner: National Gallery of Art

March 31, 1966: "Watch that carpet, fella."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1966

May 10, 1977: "This time it vanished quite slowly..."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1977

April 17, 1985: "Onward!"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1985

Khrushchev

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1957
Owner: National Gallery of Art

January 26, 1938: "You can't have everything"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1938
Owner: Library of Congress
Herbert Lawrence Block

Herbert Lawrence Block

Aline Fruhauf
Drawing
c. 1949
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Erwin Vollmer

May 3, 1978: "Dear Congress - Please give the Saudi..."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1978

April 2, 1975: no caption - Ford, Kissinger, Vietnam refugees

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1975

March 24, 1948: "Some kind of shortage here?"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1948

August 28, 1958: "And all this time I was hoping you'd speak up"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1958

January 6, 1967: "That a little better, but couldn't you do it in luminous paint?"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1967

September 10, 1993: "Response to Ethnic Cleansing"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1993

January 30, 1952: "When are you going to plug it in?"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1952

October 11, 1970: "Now, when you get to this city you turn right and come up..."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1970

June 3, 1984: "Though the Looking Glass."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1984

January 19, 1960: "Now it's just a question of whose kind of Peace."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1960

July 16, 1956: "Ever think of starting the motor?"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1956

October 25, 1973: "Chief - The Backswing - Look Out -"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1973

February 27, 1962: "Isn't there some way to blow the hatch on these things?"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1962

October 5, 1963: "We're sure overcoming that old reputation of being the colossus..."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1963
Owner: Library of Congress

December 8, 1966: "Backlash."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1966

November 1, 1974: "We're moving right along."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1974

April 5, 1991: "Iraqi Freedom Fighters"

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1991

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