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Emil Johanne Oberhoffer

Nicholas Richard Brewer
Painting
c. 1920-30
Owner: Minnesota Historical Society
Head of Orozco

Head of Orozco

Isamu Noguchi
Sculpture
1931
Owner: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens

Frank Edwin Larson
Painting
1935
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist
Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1925
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor
Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz

Robert S. Sloan
Painting
1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Marsh Painting a Watercolor

Herbert Meyer
Painting
c. 1937
Owner: National Academy of Design
Dorothy Ochtman

Dorothy Ochtman

Ivan Gregorewitch Olinsky
Painting
1930
Owner: National Academy of Design

Walter Grim

Walter Grimm
Painting
c. 1925-35
Owner: Huntington Galleries

Gari Melchers

Paul Howard Manship
Sculpture
1932
Owner: Belmont, Gari Melchers Estate and Memorial Gallery
John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Paul Vathis
Photograph
1961 (printed 2007)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Associated Press
George Barker Self-Portrait

George Barker Self-Portrait

George Barker
Painting
early 20th century
Owner: Joslyn Art Museum
John Steuart Curry Self-Portrait

John Steuart Curry Self-Portrait

John Steuart Curry
Print
1939
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Joaquín Torres-García

Joaquín Torres-García

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
1937
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Judith Esterow

William Surrey Hart

Mon Randall
Drawing
c. 1927-33
Owner: William S. Hart County Park and Museum

Gentleman of Missouri

Edgar C. Faris Sr.
Painting
1935
Owner: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Helen Hayes and Ralph Morgan in

Helen Hayes and Ralph Morgan in "The Son Daughter"

Joseph Grant
Drawing
1932
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Carol Grubb and Jennifer Grant Castrup

Ray Vir Den

James Montgomery Flagg
Drawing
mid 20th century
Owner: The Players
Truman Holding a Press Conference

Truman Holding a Press Conference

Mario Comanda
Painting
20th century
Owner: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Georg John Lober

Georg John Lober

Sidney Edward Dickinson
Painting
1932
Owner: National Academy of Design

Benjamin Franklin

James Earle Fraser
Sculpture
1938
Owner: Franklin Institute Science Museum

They Didn't Take So Much Off After All

Clifford Kennedy Berryman
Drawing
c. 1940
Owner: American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Carlo A. Ciampaglia

Carlo A. Ciampaglia

Carlo A. Ciampaglia
Painting
1936
Owner: National Academy of Design
Elmer Leopold Rice

Elmer Leopold Rice

George Zachary Constant
Print
1931
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

William Hooker Gillette

Janet Dexter
Drawing
c. 1920-30
Owner: Harvard University Theatre Collection

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