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Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel

Drawing
1953?
National Portrait Gallery
Ernest Hamlin Baker
Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano

Drawing
1952
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Ernest Hamlin Baker
Branch Wesley Rickey

Branch Wesley Rickey

Drawing
c. 1945
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William Auerbach-Levy
William O'Dwyer

William O'Dwyer

Drawing
c. 1952
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Miguel Covarrubias
Miguel Covarrubias Self-Portrait

Miguel Covarrubias Self-Portrait

Drawing
c. 1948
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Miguel Covarrubias
Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

Drawing
1954
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Elaine de Kooning
Marianne Moore

Marianne Moore

Drawing
c. 1953
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Ernest Hamlin Baker
J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Drawing
1954
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Ben Shahn
Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Drawing
c. 1960
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Don Freeman
Mildred Helen McAfee Horton

Mildred Helen McAfee Horton

Drawing
1951
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Gardner Cox
Isabel Bishop

Isabel Bishop

Drawing
c. 1945-50
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Isabella Howland
4 Sketches of Robert Lee Frost

4 Sketches of Robert Lee Frost

Drawing
1955
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Gardner Cox
Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Drawing
c. 1960
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Alfred Bendiner
Florence Kirk and Ezio Pinza

Florence Kirk and Ezio Pinza

Drawing
c. 1945
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Alfred Bendiner
William McChesney Martin

William McChesney Martin

Drawing
c. 1950
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Gardner Cox

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