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Gene Swenson lips

Andy Warhol
Drawing
c. 1962
Owner: Spencer Museum of Art

Jimmy Durante

Al Hirschfeld
Painting
1964
Owner: The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

Isadora Duncan Dancing

Abraham Walkowitz
Painting
20th century
Owner: Spencer Museum of Art

October 5, 1963: "We're sure overcoming that old reputation of being the colossus..."

Herbert Lawrence Block
Drawing
1963
Owner: Library of Congress

John F. Kennedy

Elaine de Kooning
Painting
1963
Owner: L'Enfant Gallery

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Claire White

Fairfield Porter
Painting
1960
Owner: Tibor De Nagy Gallery

Bernice Sobel

Elaine de Kooning
Painting
1967
Owner: Guy Fried

Edwin Denby

Wynn Chamberlain
Painting
1964
Owner: UNLOCATED

Henry Geldzahler

Alice Neel
Painting
1967
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Isadora Duncan Dancing

Abraham Walkowitz
Drawing
20th century
Owner: Spencer Museum of Art
Brothers

Brothers

Jacques Lowe
Photograph
July 1960 (printed 1999)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia
David E. Finley

David E. Finley

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

Nancy Kwan

Unidentified Artist
Print
1962
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Sam Gilliam

Sam Gilliam

Paul M. Feinberg
Photograph
1969 (printed 2012)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Paul M. Feinberg

Lida Moser

Alice Neel
Painting
1962
Owner: Private collection

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Frank Graham Cootes
Painting
mid 20th century
Owner: Donald Fidlow

Self-Portrait

Christian Petersen
Drawing
c. 1910-61
Owner: Iowa State University

Sweet Charity (Shirley Maclaine)

Al Hirschfeld
Drawing
1969
Owner: The Al Hirschfeld Foundation
Gus Solomons

Gus Solomons

Harold E. Edgerton
Photograph
1960 (printed c. 1980-1981)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kayafas) 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.

Marilyn

Andy Warhol
Print
1967
Owner: Tate Gallery
Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Unidentified Artist
Print
1969
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Henry Luce

Henry Luce

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
1967
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Katharine Graham

Betty Parsons

Sylvia Sleigh
Painting
1963
Owner: I-20 Gallery, New York

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