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Morris Louis

Karl Ernst Metzler
Painting
c. 1940s
Owner: Private collection

Peter Ustinov

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

Dolores Del Rio

Austin Osman Spare
Drawing
c. 1940-52
Portrait of Dina Merrill

Portrait of Dina Merrill

Natalie Green
Painting
c. 1950
Owner: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

Self Portrait in Fur

Grace Hartigan
Painting
c. 1952
Owner: Unknown Owner

David Lean

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

Carmen Miranda

Lee Balterman
Photograph
c. 1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Marcos Cotti Lorango Jr.
Drawing
c. 1952
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Jean-Claude Baker

Frank Lloyd Wright

Harry Wood
Painting
mid 20th century
Owner: Private collection

Joop Sanders

Elaine de Kooning
Drawing
c. 1946
Owner: Clay Fried

Henry Moore

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

The Day I Painted Ike

Norman Rockwell
Painting
1952

Peter Ustinov

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

Bertrand R. Adams

Christian Petersen
Sculpture
c. 1950
Owner: Ames Historical Society

Margaret French, George Tooker and Jared French, Nantucket

PAJAMA
Photograph
c. 1946
Owner: DC Moore Gallery
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John Leigh Pemberton
Painting
c. 1951-54
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum

March 7, 1954: "Relax - he hasn't got to you yet."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1954

Sir Alec Guinness

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

Robert D. Pryde

Peter Phillippse
Painting
c. 1950
Owner: New Haven Museum
Portrait of Nedenia Marjorie Hutton

Portrait of Nedenia Marjorie Hutton

A. Suzi
Painting
c. 1950
Owner: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

Nude Portrait

Earl Cavis Kerkam
Painting
c. 1953
Owner: Yellowstone Art Museum

Graham Greene

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sam Reynolds
Painting
1953
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum

Triple-Face Portrait

Sylvia Plath
Painting
c. 1950-51
Owner: The Lilly Library, Indiana University

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