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Nickolas Muray

Photograph
c. 1934
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Jean Steichen
Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln Steffens

Photograph
c. 1931
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Henry Weston
Franklin Pierce Adams

Franklin Pierce Adams

Drawing
c. 1930
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William Auerbach-Levy
Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn

Drawing
c. 1925-30
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Henry Major
Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee

Photograph
c. 1929
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Edward Jean Steichen
Jared French

Jared French

Photograph
c. 1933
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George Platt Lynes
Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

Photograph
c. 1933
National Portrait Gallery
Grete Stern
Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Decorative Arts
c. 1927
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Ralph Barton
Stars with Mickey Mouse, #1

Stars with Mickey Mouse, #1

Drawing
c. 1933
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Walt Disney Studios
Miguel Covarrubias (with Rosa Rolanda Covarrubias)

Miguel Covarrubias (with Rosa Rolanda Covarrubias)

Drawing
c. 1925-35
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Miguel Covarrubias
Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor

Photograph
c. 1931
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Jean Steichen
Eddie Cantor

Eddie Cantor

Drawing
c. 1930
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Major
Consuelo Kanaga

Consuelo Kanaga

Photograph
c. 1931
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Alma Lavenson
Ida Tarbell

Ida Tarbell

Photograph
c. 1925
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Alfred Cheney Johnston
Tom Lea at Chicago Art Institute in the late 1920s

Tom Lea at Chicago Art Institute in the late 1920s

Photograph
c. 1925
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist

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