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Catching Snowflakes, 2004

James Browning Wyeth
Painting
2004

Robert McDonnell

Nancy Mauck
Painting
early 21st century
Owner: Virginia State Capitol

Frances Park

CYJO (Cindy Hwang-Archambault)
Photograph
October 8, 2007
Owner: CYJO (Cindy Hwang-Archambault)

Timothy Kaine

Stephen Craighead
Painting
early 21st century
Owner: Virginia State Capitol

Hillary II

Chuck Close
Photograph
2000
Owner: Jeffrey H. Lynford

Carrie, friend. Carrie strikes the Jay-Z “HOVA” hand gesture because I relate these modern hip-hop and gang signs to those gestures of allegiance found in Renaissance portraiture.

Rob Matthews
Drawing
2005
Owner: Beth Rudin DeWoody

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Jim Torok
Painting
2008
Owner: Julie and John Thornton

Christopher William Cox

Neil Selkirk
Photograph
2006
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Neil Selkirk
Marc Morial

Marc Morial

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Photograph
September 21, 2007
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund

America (Wunmi Fadipe, Sales Assistant at Investment Bank)

Andres Serrano
Photograph
2002
Owner: Paula Cooper Gallery

America (Troy Rowen, Bull Rider)

Andres Serrano
Photograph
2002
Owner: Paula Cooper Gallery

Damien Hirst

Rankin
Photograph
c. 1998 (printed 2002)
Owner: Rankin

America (Cheneke Nanaoxi, Mexican Migrant Worker)

Andres Serrano
Photograph
2002
Owner: Paula Cooper Gallery

America (Gisela Glaser, Holocaust Survivor: Auschwitz 1945)

Andres Serrano
Photograph
2003
Owner: Paula Cooper Gallery

America (Firefighter John L. Thomasian)

Andres Serrano
Photograph
2002
Owner: Paula Cooper Gallery
Emily Lyons Project

Emily Lyons Project

Carrie Mae Weems
Photograph
2009
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of James D. Sokol and Lydia C. Cheney
Pensive Girl

Pensive Girl

Moses Soyer
Painting
20th century
Owner: Ulrich Museum of Art

Melissa

Rebecca Westcott
Painting
2003
Owner: Jim Houser

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Simmie Knox
Painting
2003
Owner: The White House

This Girl Could Be Dangerous

Mickalene Thomas
Painting
2007
Owner: Mickalene Thomas

Model on Lawn Chair with Tin-Toy Locomotive

Philip Pearlstein
Painting
2003
Owner: Philip Pearlstein

A Moment's Pleasure

Mickalene Thomas
Painting
2006
Owner: Mickalene Thomas

Portrait of Daam Tapiwa Barker

Mary Borgman
Drawing
2002
Owner: Ann Nathan Gallery

Diane, my mother. Cardinals are important to my mother because she seems to only see them in times of trouble so they have become a source of comfort.

Rob Matthews
Drawing
2008
Owner: Rob Matthews

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