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Thomas Clayton Wolfe

Thomas Clayton Wolfe

Photograph
April 14, 1937
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
John Treville Latouche

John Treville Latouche

Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
George Santayana

George Santayana

Painting
1950
National Portrait Gallery
Harry Wood
Claes Oldenburg (with Pat Oldenburg)

Claes Oldenburg (with Pat Oldenburg)

Photograph
1966
National Portrait Gallery
Diane Arbus
Hugh Laing, Nora Kaye and Antony Tudor

Hugh Laing, Nora Kaye and Antony Tudor

Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Geoffrey Edgar Gorer

Geoffrey Edgar Gorer

Photograph
c. 1943
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan

Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan

Photograph
1972
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George Tames
Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Photograph
1934
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Albert Eugene Gallatin
Bob Holman

Bob Holman

Photograph
2002 (printed 2004)
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Chuck Close
The New Me

The New Me

Drawing
1978
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Patrick Oliphant
Franz Werfel

Franz Werfel

Photograph
December 14, 1940
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Carl Van Vechten
Claude Marchant

Claude Marchant

Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton

Photograph
c. 1948
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Arthur Llewellyn Jones Machen

Arthur Llewellyn Jones Machen

Photograph
copy after c. 1915 original
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Carl Van Vechten
Claude Marchant

Claude Marchant

Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten

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