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Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

Photograph
1947
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

Photograph
1983 (printed 1984)
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Ballet Theater -- New York, 1947

Ballet Theater -- New York, 1947

Photograph
1947 (printed 1978)
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Irving Penn
Joseph Alexander Brodsky

Joseph Alexander Brodsky

Photograph
1980 (printed 1983)
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Irving Penn
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Photograph
1948 (printed 1982)
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Irving Penn
S. J. Perelman

S. J. Perelman

Photograph
1963 (printed 1968)
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Irving Penn
Elwyn Brooks White

Elwyn Brooks White

Photograph
1948
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Irving Penn
Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Photograph
1948
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Irving Penn
Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg

Photograph
2005
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Irving Penn
John Henry O'Hara

John Henry O'Hara

Photograph
1948
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Irving Penn
Elliott Cook Carter

Elliott Cook Carter

Photograph
1975 (printed 1984)
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Irving Penn
Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham

Photograph
1978 (printed 1986)
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight

Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight

Photograph
February 18, 1947
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Songwriters

Songwriters

Photograph
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Photograph
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn

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