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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Henry Koehler
Drawing
c. 1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Phyllis and Edward Marks

Fernand Léger

Alexander Calder
Drawing
c. 1945
Owner: Calder Foundation
Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader

Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader

Alice Kent Stoddard
Painting
before 1957
Owner: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Sally Avery

Gershon Benjamin
Painting
c. 1946
Owner: Spanierman Gallery

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

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1956

Graham Greene

David Low
Drawing
1952 or before
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Alec Guinness

David Low
Drawing
1952 or before
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London

Dwight David Eisenhower

Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer
Painting
1950s
Owner: Wyoming State Museum
Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson

Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier
Sculpture
c. 1950
Owner: Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier

Henry Moore

David Low
Drawing
1952 or before
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London

Harry S Truman

Jay Wesley Jacobs
Painting
1945
Owner: Private Collection

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Nison A. Tregor
Sculpture
c. 1955
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon, Second Inaugural Medal

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon, Second Inaugural Medal

Walker Kirtland Hancock
Medal
1957
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of the Society of Medalists) 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

Zenos Frudakis
Sculpture
mid 20th-early 21st century
Owner: Zenos Frudakis

Billie Holiday

David Stone Martin
Drawing
c. 1945

Portrait of Curt Valentin

Jacques Lipchitz
Sculpture
c. 1941-54
Owner: Museum of Modern Art

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Nison A. Tregor
Sculpture
c. 1955
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Electra Waggoner Biggs
Sculpture
1950
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Vannevar Bush

Arnold A. Newman
Photograph
c. 1949
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Bill and Sally Wittliff

Portrait of Lauren Bacall

William De Lancey Ward
Painting
c. 1945

David Lean

David Low
Drawing
1952 or before
Owner: National Portrait Gallery, London
Russell on Neenah

Russell on Neenah

Charles Marion Russell
Sculpture
c. 1925
Owner: Whitney Western Art Museum

William Shirer as an Astrologer

Leon Gerardo Luis Quintanilla
Painting
c. 1943-1950
Owner: Private Collection

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