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Peter Ustinov

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

Avery Unshaven

Milton Clark Avery
Drawing
1953

Dolores Del Rio

Austin Osman Spare
Drawing
c. 1940-52

James F. Byrnes

Al Hirschfeld
Painting
1951
Owner: The Al Hirschfeld Foundation
Portrait of Dina Merrill

Portrait of Dina Merrill

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

Prelude to a kiss, backstage, Mosque Theater, 2 of 4

Alfred Wertheimer
Photograph
June 30,1956
Owner: Govinda Gallery
Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

Yousuf Karsh
Photograph
1956
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh

George Washington (Lansdowne type)

Sarah Baldwin Brown
Textile
after 1796
Owner: Private Collection

John Clare Whitehorn

Florence Hochschild Austrian
Painting
1958
Owner: Johns Hopkins University
Solitude

Solitude

Jacques Lowe
Photograph
1959 (printed 1999)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia

Drawing of Paul Manship

Austin Strong
Drawing
1950
Owner: Nantucket Historical Association
John Wayne

John Wayne

Roman Freulich
Photograph
1959
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Norman and Joan Abramson

Richmond, VA, inside taxi

Alfred Wertheimer
Photograph
June 30, 1956
Owner: Govinda Gallery

Self Portrait in Fur

Grace Hartigan
Painting
c. 1952
Owner: Unknown Owner
Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

Yousuf Karsh
Photograph
1956
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh

Moses Soyer

Raphael Soyer
Painting
c. 1962
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Tibor de Nagy

Fairfield Porter
Painting
1958
Owner: Private Collection

Russell on Neenah

Charles Marion Russell
Sculpture
c. 1957
Owner: Whitney Western Art Museum
Harry Warnecke with Robert F. Cranston

Harry Warnecke with Robert F. Cranston

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
1958
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Cranston Family in honor of Rufus Flint Cranston
Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Alfred Bendiner
Drawing
1956
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Alfred Bendiner Foundation

David Lean

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

Princess Grace of Monaco

Ralph Wolfe Cowan
Painting
1956
Owner: Prince's Palace of Monaco
David E. Finley

David E. Finley

Gardner Cox
Drawing
c. 1960
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Phyllis B. Cox

Head of Richard Buhlig

Gaston Lachaise
Sculpture
1952
Owner: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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