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Johnnie Tillmon

Johnnie Tillmon

Brian Lanker
Photograph
1988
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and Cindy Aron
Social Security

Social Security

Eugene Mihaesco
Drawing
1982
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Governor William Winter

Marshall Bouldin
Painting
1983
Owner: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Arming the World

Arming the World

Roger Huyssen
Painting
1981
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Unita Blackwell

Unita Blackwell

Brian Lanker
Photograph
1988
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and Cindy Aron

Dr. Dorothy Height

Simmie Knox
Painting
1989
Owner: National Council of Negro Women
Day in the Life of China

Day in the Life of China

Rick Rickman
Photograph
1989
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
John Rusling Block

John Rusling Block

Michael Arthur Worden Evans
Photograph
c. 1984
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Portrait Project, Inc.
Big Break

Big Break

Filip Horvat
Photograph
1989
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Lady Diana Spencer

Lady Diana Spencer

Mario Donizetti
Painting
1981
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Samuel Gregg George

William Gordon Huff
Decorative Arts
c. 1979
Owner: E Clampus Vitus
Fabian Ver

Fabian Ver

Mark Hess
Painting
1984
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

James Andrew Haley

Thornton Robyn Utz
Painting
1976
Owner: U.S. House of Representatives

Admiral Ernest Joseph King

Leonard Mcmurray
Sculpture
1981
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
Yuri Kochiyama

Yuri Kochiyama

Corky Lee
Photograph
1980 (printed 2016)
National Portrait Gallery; Smithsonian Institution

Denny Hoopes

Dana Van Horn
Drawing
c. 1984
Owner: Arkansas Arts Center

Fragment of the Berlin Wall

Artifact
1989
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Tibor I. Waldner
Inside the USSR

Inside the USSR

Roger Huyssen
Painting
1980
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Ida S. Eisenhower

Remesvari Rhiess
Painting
mid 20th century
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Britain Divided

Britain Divided

Leslie Carbarga
Painting
1984
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Sidney William Souers

C. L. MacNelly
Painting
c. 1945-83
Owner: Central Intelligence Agency Museum
Edward Hidalgo

Edward Hidalgo

Everett Raymond Kinstler
Painting
1981
Owner: Naval Historical Center

Backpackers

Fred Machetanz
Painting
1989
Owner: National Bank of Alaska's Heritage Library Museum
Paul Seward Trible

Paul Seward Trible

David Levine
Drawing
1982
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of David Levine

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