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Thomas Clayton Wolfe

Thomas Clayton Wolfe

Photograph
April 14, 1937
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
J. Carter Brown

J. Carter Brown

Photograph
c. 1984
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Michael Arthur Worden Evans
John Treville Latouche

John Treville Latouche

Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten

John Denison Champlin and Frank Henry Peck

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1854
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Unidentified Artist
Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe

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1968
National Portrait Gallery
Walter Kelleher
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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c. 1984
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George Tames
Claes Oldenburg (with Pat Oldenburg)

Claes Oldenburg (with Pat Oldenburg)

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1966
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Diane Arbus
Harvey Penick (with Bud Shrake)

Harvey Penick (with Bud Shrake)

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1993 (printed 2009)
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Michael O'Brien
Hugh Laing, Nora Kaye and Antony Tudor

Hugh Laing, Nora Kaye and Antony Tudor

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c. 1940
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Carl Van Vechten
Geoffrey Edgar Gorer

Geoffrey Edgar Gorer

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c. 1943
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Carl Van Vechten
Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan

Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan

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1972
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George Tames
Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

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1934
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Albert Eugene Gallatin
Bob Holman

Bob Holman

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2002 (printed 2004)
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Chuck Close
Franz Werfel

Franz Werfel

Photograph
December 14, 1940
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Carl Van Vechten
Claude Marchant

Claude Marchant

Photograph
c. 1945
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Carl Van Vechten

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