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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Vincenzo Maria Zito
Drawing
c. 1930-40
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Fred R. Bell

Mrs. L (Mrs. Levinson on a Sofa)

Abraham Frater Levinson
Drawing
c. 1920-46
Owner: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Ralph Barton
Decorative Arts
c. 1927
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Richard Merkin
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

George Hurrell
Photograph
c. 1933
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired in part through the generosity of an anonymous donor

Dwight d. Eisenhower

Yoon Suk Won
Painting
early 20th-mid 20th century
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum

George Elmer Browne

Max Kalish
Sculpture
early 20th-mid 20th century

Jacob Ben-Ami

Robert L. Benney
(not assigned)
c. 1925-42

Dwight D. Eisenhower

LeVine
Painting
20th century
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Ben Solowey
Drawing
c. 1930s

Jiří, the Artist's Son

Alphonse Mucha
Painting
c. 1922
Owner: Mucha Foundation/Trust

Amadeo Peter Giannini

Gladys Lewis Rush
Sculpture
early 20th-mid 20th century
Owner: Dispersed Art Collection, University of California Berkeley

John Staige Davis

Isabella Hunner Parsons
Painting
c. 1923-46
Owner: Johns Hopkins University
Ramon Novarro

Ramon Novarro

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1920-40
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Robert Hunter, Esq) The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

A. B. Stapelton
Painting
early 20th-mid 20th century
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John William Orth
Painting
early 20th-late 20th century
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum

Jared French

Paul Cadmus
Drawing
c. 1930-45
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Unidentified Artist
Painting
early 20th-late 20th century
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Luise Rainer in

Luise Rainer in "A Kiss for Cinderella"

Ben Solowey
Drawing
c. 1930s

Samuel Johnson Woolf

Samuel Johnson Woolf
Painting
early 20th-mid 20th century

Willem Willeke

Augustus Vincent Tack
Painting
early 20th-mid 20th century
Owner: Private collection
Self-portrait

Self-portrait

Francis Luis Mora
Drawing
c. 1930
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Eugene Elbert Lindsey

Edmund Minor Archer
Painting
c. 1927-42
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy

Mariana Amram

Marcella Comès Winslow
Unknown
mid 20th century
Owner: UNLOCATED
Gloria Fernandez

Gloria Fernandez

Paul Trebilcock
Painting
c. 1925-45
Owner: National Academy of Design

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