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Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Photograph
1992
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Ruth and Richard Shack

Rachel Whiteread

Dirk Reinartz
Photograph
1993
Owner: Dirk Reinartz
Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

Alice Matzkin
Painting
1995
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Short-Order Cook

Short-Order Cook

Patrick Oliphant
Drawing
1994
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Susan Conway Gallery, in honor of the artist, Patrick Oliphant

Dwight Palmer Griswold

George Wayne Lundeen
Sculpture
c. 1994
Owner: Nebraska State Capitol

Mercedes Sosa

Oswaldo Guayasamin
Painting
1996
Owner: Private Collection
Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday

Maya Angelou and Billie Holiday

Edward Sorel
Drawing
1990
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Edward & Nancy Sorel © Edward Sorel
A Huddle on Haiti

A Huddle on Haiti

Diana Walker
Photograph
October 1994
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Diana Walker
Louise Bourgeois Self-Portrait

Louise Bourgeois Self-Portrait

Louise Bourgeois
Print
1994
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Ruth Bowman and Harry Kahn Twentieth-Century American Self-Portrait Collection

Autorretrato

Francisco Toledo
Mixed Media
1991
Owner: Private Collection
Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch

John Kascht
Drawing
1993
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of John Kascht
Max Roach

Max Roach

Philippe Lévy-Stab
Photograph
1995
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Philippe Levy-Stab

Alfred Mossman Landon

Norma Lockwood
Painting
20th century
Owner: Kansas Museum of History

Mark William Delahay

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Kansas Museum of History
Ross Perot

Ross Perot

Harry Benson
Photograph
1992
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Diana Trilling

William Carl Groh III
Drawing
1993
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of William Carl Groh III
Lily Harmon Self-Portrait

Lily Harmon Self-Portrait

Lily Harmon
Drawing
1996
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Ruth Bowman and Harry Kahn Twentieth-Century American Self-Portrait Collection
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Hans I. Bjelkhagen
Photograph
1991
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Holicon Corporation

George Herbert Walker Bush

Herbert E. Abrams
Painting
1994
Owner: The White House
Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton

Frederick J. Brown
Painting
1997
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on behalf of the People of New York

Jimmy Carter

Octavio Ocampo
Painting
late 20th century
Owner: Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
J. Edgar Hoover and Emma Goldman

J. Edgar Hoover and Emma Goldman

Edward Sorel
Drawing
1993
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Edward & Nancy Sorel
Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

William Coupon
Photograph
1990
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Faith Ringgold Self-Portrait

Faith Ringgold Self-Portrait

Faith Ringgold
Textile
1998
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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