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Miguel Covarrubias Self-Portrait

Miguel Covarrubias Self-Portrait

Drawing
c. 1948
National Portrait Gallery
Miguel Covarrubias
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Print
1798-99
National Portrait Gallery
Michel Sokolnicki
Marcel Lajos Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer

Drawing
1973
National Portrait Gallery
Burton Philip Silverman
Donald Deskey

Donald Deskey

Drawing
1933
National Portrait Gallery
Alfred J. Frueh
Paul Wayland Bartlett

Paul Wayland Bartlett

Painting
c. 1890
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Charles Sprague Pearce
James Cagney

James Cagney

Photograph
1933
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Edward Henry Weston
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning

Drawing
1954
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Elaine de Kooning
Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

Photograph
1994 (printed 2000)
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Abe Frajndlich
Cheryl Tiegs

Cheryl Tiegs

Photograph
1978
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Hiro
James Harvey Young

James Harvey Young

Photograph
c. 1888
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Abiquiu (23 of 48)

Abiquiu (23 of 48)

Photograph
1966 (printed later)
National Portrait Gallery
John Loengard
Lionel Barrymore --

Lionel Barrymore -- "Laugh, Clown, Laugh"

Drawing
c. 1923
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Alfred J. Frueh
Daniel Huntington

Daniel Huntington

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Pirie MacDonald Self-Portrait

Pirie MacDonald Self-Portrait

Photograph
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Pirie MacDonald

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