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Troubled Alliance

Troubled Alliance

Painting
1983
National Portrait Gallery
Jean-Michel Folon
Germany

Germany

Painting
1989
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Marvin Mattelson
Artist and Subject

Artist and Subject

Photograph
1980
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Hans Namuth
Andrew Oliver

Andrew Oliver

Silhouette
1980
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Helen Laughon Nel Laughon
Francis Grover Cleveland

Francis Grover Cleveland

Photograph
1984
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Harry Benson
Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

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1989 (printed 2000)
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Abe Frajndlich
James Cagney

James Cagney

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1980
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Everett Raymond Kinstler
R. B. Kitaj

R. B. Kitaj

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c. 1985-86
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Prudence Cumming Associates
Selbstbildnis mit Tod (Self-Portrait with Death)

Selbstbildnis mit Tod (Self-Portrait with Death)

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1983
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David James Gilhooly
Alfred Eisenstaedt

Alfred Eisenstaedt

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1989
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Ella Tulin
Jacob Kainen

Jacob Kainen

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1987
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Carol Harrison
Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Photograph
1989
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Martin Roy
Self-Portrait Manipulated

Self-Portrait Manipulated

Other
1982
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Chuck Close
Self-Portrait (SP-72-II)

Self-Portrait (SP-72-II)

Print
1982
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Samuel Lewis Francis
Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Photograph
1982
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Hans Namuth

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