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David Himmelblau

Hermann Peterson
Painting
c. 1940-50
Owner: Northwestern University
William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

John Covert
Drawing
c. 1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

Oscar White
Photograph
c. 1946
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Walter Francis White

Walter Francis White

Clara Sipprell
Photograph
c. 1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Phyllis Fenner
Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1946
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Philip Truex and Earl Oxford

Philip Truex and Earl Oxford

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of Dwight David Eisenhower

Portrait of Dwight David Eisenhower

Thomas Edgar Stephens
Painting
1958
Owner: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Ezio Pinza

Ezio Pinza

Alfred Bendiner
Drawing
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Alfred Bendiner Foundation
Thomas William Lamont

Thomas William Lamont

Gardner Cox
Drawing
c. 1947
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Phyllis B. Cox
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

Harold Matthews Brett
Painting
c. 1945
Owner: Columbia University, Art Properties
Dwight David Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower

Unidentified Artist
Painting
after 1950
Owner: Capitol Hill Club
Jimmy Durante and Helen Traubel

Jimmy Durante and Helen Traubel

W. Eugene Smith
Photograph
c. 1951
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William Raney

William Raney

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Arnold A. Newman
Photograph
1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Charles Edward Ives

Charles Edward Ives

Clara Sipprell
Photograph
c. 1947
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Phyllis Fenner
Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn

Ronny Jaques
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1947
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John J.A. & Kathryn S. Michel

Alonzo Elliot

Burris Jenkins
Painting
c. 1940-50
Owner: Currier Gallery of Art

Pablo Picasso

Mirko Szewczuk
Drawing
c. 1952
Owner: Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
William McChesney Martin

William McChesney Martin

Gardner Cox
Drawing
c. 1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Phyllis B. Cox
Philip Truex and Earl Oxford

Philip Truex and Earl Oxford

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Edward Morgan Forster

Bernard Perlin
Drawing
1947
Owner: Arkansas Arts Center

Albert Einstein

Simone Sharett
Painting
c. 1945
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
Otto Brendel

Otto Brendel

Henry Varnum Poor
Sculpture
1949-51
Owner: Columbia University, Art Properties

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