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Ben Shahn papers

Creator:
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this
Names:
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this
Delano, Jack  Search this
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this
Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this
Robbins, Jerome  Search this
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this
Extent:
25.1 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sketchbooks
Video recordings
Drawings
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1879-1990
bulk 1933-1970
Summary:
The papers of social realist painter, photographer, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.1 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.
Scope and Contents note:
The papers of social realist painter, photographer, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.1 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.

Biographical material and family records include a 1924 passport for Shahn and his first wife, Tillie, biographical sketches of Shahn, and award certificates received by him.

Letters are primarily written to Shahn from family members, artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Notable correspondents include Leonard Baskin, Alexander Calder, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Joseph Hirsch, Leo Lionni, John Bartlow Martin, George and Marian Nakashima, Clifford Odets, Charles Olson, Robert Osborn, Diego Rivera, Jerome Robbins, Selden Rodman, James Thrall Soby, Raphael Soyer, and William Carlos Williams. A small number of scattered letters from Shahn can also be found throughout the series.

Project files document approximately twenty-one of Shahn's commissions, including murals for the community center at Jersey Homesteads, the Bronx Central Annex Post Office, the Social Security Building in Washington D.C. , and the William E. Grady Vocational High School. The files also document his involvement in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Roosevelt, in addition to projects for schools, temples and private homes.

Financial and legal records include consignment records, loan agreements, royalty statements and receipts for artwork sold.

Notes and writings are by Shahn and others including Alan Dugan, W. H. Ferry, Theodore Gusten, and John Bartlow Martin. They include lists of artwork, many of which are annotated.

Artwork includes a sketchbook and several unbound sketches and lettering by Shahn, in addition to drawings and prints by others including Shahn's children, Mario Casetta and Stefan Martin.

Source files contain printed material and photographs relating to topics depicted by Shahn in his artwork such as children, dams, farming, houses, industry, mines and miners, slums, war and workers. These files also contain scattered photographic prints by FSA and OWI photographers including Shahn, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and John Vachon.

Printed material includes news clippings covering Shahn and his career as well as subjects of interest to Shahn. Also found are exhibition catalogs and announcements for exhibitions for Shahn and others, and reproductions of Shahn's artwork including publications illustrated by him.

Photographs are of Shahn, his family and friends and colleagues including Alexander Calder, Jerome Robbins, Charles Sheeler, David Smith and William Zorach. Also included are photographs taken by Shahn of New York City and for the FSA in the 1930s, as well as photographs of artwork by Shahn. Photographs by others include one photo each by Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee and Arthur Rothstein.

The collection also contains transcripts of eight radio, television and motion picture interviews of Shahn and a reel of 16mm motion picture film from the BBC-TV program "Monitor," in addition to sound recordings of interviews of Shahn by Tony Schwartz and Arlene Francis. Artifacts include a Christmas greeting in the form of a sock.
Arrangement note:
The collection is arranged as 12 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical and Family Records, 1879-1984 (Box 1, OV 36; 0.2 linear ft.)

Series 2: Letters, 1929-1990 (Boxes 1-25, 35, 43, OVs 36-38; 14.5 linear ft.)

Series 3: Project Files, 1933-1975 (Boxes 25-26; OVs 36-37; 1.03 linear ft.)

Series 4: Financial and Legal Records, 1934-1988 (Boxes 26-27, 35; 0.81 linear ft.)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, circa 1933-1988 (Boxes 27-28, 43; 1.72 linear ft.)

Series 6: Artwork, circa 1930s-1965 (Boxes 28, 35; 11 folders)

Series 7: Source Files, circa 1900s-1960s (Boxes 28-30, 35; 1.81 linear ft.)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1912-1988 (Boxes 30-33, 35, OV 39; 3.22 linear ft.)

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1900-1969 (Boxes 33-35; 0.86 linear ft.)

Series 10: Interview Transcripts, 1943-1968 (Box 34; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 11: Audio and Video Recordings, 1959-1968 (Box 34; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 12: Artifacts, circa 1930s-circa 1960s (Box 34; 2 items)
Biographical/Historical note:
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a social realist painter, muralist, printmaker, photographer, illustrator, and educator who worked primarily in Brooklyn, New York and New Jersey. He was most active in the 1930s through the 1950s and worked on several federally funded arts projects, including the Farm Security Administration's photographic documentation project of rural America during the Depression.

Ben Shahn was born in Kovno, Lithuania and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1906 where he settled in Brooklyn, and later Roosevelt, New Jersey, after becoming a naturalized citizen in 1918.

Following an apprenticeship as a lithographer from 1913-1917, Shahn studied at New York University, the City College of New York, and the National Academy of Design from 1919-1922. He married Tillie Goldstein in 1922 and they had two children, Judith and Ezra.

Two years after Shahn's first solo exhibition at the Downtown Gallery in 1930, his Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, a series of 23 gouaches about the Sacco and Vanzetti trial of the 1920s, was exhibited at the Downtown Gallery to critical and public acclaim. The exhibition marked the beginning of Shahn's reputation as one of the most important social realist painters in America. Shahn's commitment to social and political justice found a natural outlet in mural painting when, in 1933, he was hired to assist Diego Rivera on the labor and industry mural Man at the Crossroads, for New York City's Rockefeller Center. The mural was destroyed amid controversy in 1933 before it was completed, but Shahn had learned much about the art of fresco painting during the project and was inspired by the potential of the mural as a unique art form for presenting life's struggles and stories to a large public audience. Between 1933 and 1937 Shahn worked on various murals for other buildings, including New York's Central Park Casino (circa 1934) and Riker's Island Prison (1934), none of which saw completion. In 1937, however, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) commissioned Shahn to execute a mural for the Community Center in the town of Jersey Homesteads, later Roosevelt, New Jersey, which Shahn completed in 1938. Shahn settled in Jersey Homesteads the following year and remained there for the rest of his life. Other important mural commissions followed for the Bronx Central Post office (1939) and the Social Security Building in Washington DC (1942).

One of Shahn's assistants on the Jersey Homesteads mural was Bernarda Bryson, whom he had met in 1933 when she came to New York to interview Rivera about the Rockefeller Center mural controversy for an Ohio newspaper. Shahn and Bryson became lifetime companions and had three children, Susanna, Jonathan and Abigail, although they did not marry until shortly before Shahn's death in 1969. Shahn and Tillie Goldstein were divorced in 1944.

Shahn had enrolled with the federal Public Works of Art Project in 1934, and between 1935 and 1938 he and Bryson travelled across country as Shahn photographed poverty-stricken areas and documented rural life for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Resettlement Agency. Shahn's interest in photography developed in the early 1930s when, encouraged by his friendship with Walker Evans, he began photographing street scenes and people in New York City. He later used the images as the basis for many of his prints and paintings.

In 1942 Shahn began working for the Office of War Information (OWI) and was instructed to produce posters and pamphlets explaining to citizens the necessities of wartime, such as the need for secrecy and food rationing. Ultimately, only two of Shahn's posters were ever used; the rest were rejected as being too harsh for their intended audience. Shahn later worked for the Congress of Industrial Organization Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC), producing posters for the 1944 campaign to re-elect Roosevelt, who he believed in deeply. He was promoted to director of the CIO's Graphic Arts Division for the 1946 congressional campaign following Roosevelt's death, but that job ended when the election went poorly for the Democratic party.

Shahn returned increasingly to painting and a retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1947. He also became more active in academia as an accomplished writer, teacher and lecturer. He received honorary doctorates from Princeton University and Harvard University, and become the Charles Eliot Norton professor at Harvard in 1956. Shahn's Norton lectures were collected and published as the influential The Shape of Content in 1957. He also began to work as a commercial artist for a variety of companies and publications including CBS, Time, Harper's, and the Container Corporation of America. Shahn believed, however, that the artist's ideas and integrity must always be reflected in his commercial art. He refused to compromise on this point and was very selective in his choice of commercial commissions. Shahn illustrated many books and articles, designed sets for stage productions such as New York Export: Opus Jazz, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, and designed mural mosaics for synagogues, universities and private homes.

Since the 1930s Shahn had been represented by Edith Halpert at the Downtown Gallery, but his relationship with her was always contentious on the subject of payments Shahn received for commercial work, and became increasingly so as his income from such sources increased. Finally, in 1968, Shahn wrote to Halpert telling her that after ten years of "an accumulation of ill-feeling, discomfort and recrimination between us" he felt compelled to end their dealer-artist relationship.

By the time of Shahn's break with Halpert his health had begun to fail. He died of a heart attack following surgery in a New York City hospital on March 14, 1969.
Related Archival Materials note:
The Archives of American Art holds four oral history interviews with Ben Shahn: 1964 Apr. 14 interview conducted by Richard K. Doud for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project in which Shahn speaks of his travels and work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the American image as portrayed by FSA; 1965 Jan. 17 interview; 1965 Oct. 3. interview conducted by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project; and 1968 Sept. 27 interview conducted by Forrest Selvig. Most of these interviews have transcripts available online.

The Archives also holds the Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, circa 1947-2005, and two oral history interviews with Bernarda Bryson Shahn: 1983 Apr. 29 and 1995 July 3.
Separated Materials note:
The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel N70-6) including addresses and essays by Shahn, seven royalty statements, and three letters from publishers. Many of the writings found on this reel were included in subsequent donations. All other lent material was returned to the lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.
Provenance:
The Ben Shahn papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments between 1967-1991 by Shahn's widow, Bernarda Bryson Shahn who also lent materials for microfilming in 1969. Jean Shahn, Ben Shahn's daughter-in-law and estate representative, donated additional material in 2018 and 2021.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this
Photographers -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this
Photographers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this
Printmakers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this
Educators -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this
Educators -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this
Muralists -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this
Muralists -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this
Topic:
Social realism  Search this
Genre/Form:
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sketchbooks
Video recordings
Drawings
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990, bulk 1933-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.shahben
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983b06d9b-dd51-45bc-9b11-09b06a88f6c6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-shahben
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Agency history, 1967-

Creator:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library Research Center  Search this
Subject:
Kauffman, Craig 1932-2010  Search this
Adams, Edith  Search this
Van Dyk, Stephen H. 1950-  Search this
Martinez, Ann K  Search this
Bracchi, Jennifer Cohlman  Search this
Lopez, Nilda  Search this
Cooper-Hewitt, Sarah 1859-1930  Search this
Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier  Search this
Cooper, Peter 1791-1883  Search this
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration Library  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design Branch  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Branch  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Doris and Henry Dreyfus Memorial Study Center  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library  Search this
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art  Search this
Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1967
1967-
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Museum libraries  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00195
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_221284

Agency history, 1846-2019

Creator:
Smithsonian Libraries  Search this
Subject:
Turner, Jane A  Search this
Jewett, Charles C (Charles Coffin) 1816-1868  Search this
Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940  Search this
True, Frederick William 1858-1914  Search this
Maloy, Robert  Search this
Brockett, Paul 1872-1946  Search this
Corbin, William L  Search this
Clark, Leila F  Search this
Blanchard, Ruth E  Search this
Murdoch, John 1852-1925  Search this
Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth) 1852-1903  Search this
Huffer, Mary A  Search this
Shank, Russell 1925-2012  Search this
Smith, Barbara J (Barbara Jeanne) 1939-  Search this
Gwinn, Nancy E  Search this
Miller, Scott E (Scott Everett)  Search this
Choate, Rufus 1799-1859  Search this
Marsh, George Perkins 1801-1882  Search this
Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Librarian  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Office of the Director  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries New Media Office  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Administrative Officer  Search this
Biodiversity Heritage Library  Search this
Library of Congress  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Dibner Library  Search this
Joseph F. Cullman Library  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1846
1846-2019
Topic:
Museum libraries  Search this
Libraries and museums  Search this
Special libraries  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Rare book libraries  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00377
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_235260

Northrop P-61 Black Widow: First American Airplane Designed and Built to Fight at Night, Part II

Author:
Lee, Russell  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2023
Citation:
Lee, Russell. 2023. "Northrop P-61 Black Widow: First American Airplane Designed and Built to Fight at Night, Part II." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. May 26, 2023. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/northrop-p-61-black-widow-80th-part2.
Identifier:
168679
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_168679

Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961

Creator:
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this
Subject:
Wildenstein, Felix  Search this
Phillips, Duncan  Search this
Hays, Lee  Search this
Untermeyer, Louis  Search this
Zigrosser, Carl  Search this
Robeson, Paul  Search this
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)  Search this
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)  Search this
Ruggles, Carl  Search this
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Search this
Nearing, Helen  Search this
Nearing, Scott  Search this
Pach, Walter  Search this
Rasmussen, Knud  Search this
Reeves, Ruth  Search this
Seeger, Pete  Search this
Daniel, Charles  Search this
Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland)  Search this
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this
Chamberlain, J. E.  Search this
Boyesen, Bayard  Search this
Chase, William Merritt  Search this
Freuchen, Peter  Search this
Gellert, Hugo  Search this
Gottlieb, Harry  Search this
Hartley, Marsden  Search this
Fitzgerald, James  Search this
Keller, Charles  Search this
Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this
Henri, Robert  Search this
Jones, Dan Burne  Search this
United American Artists  Search this
United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this
United Scenic Artists  Search this
National Farmers' Union (U.S.)  Search this
National Maritime Union of America  Search this
American Artists' Congress  Search this
Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Artists League of America  Search this
Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects  Search this
Farmers Union of the New York Milk Shed  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Federal Writers' Project  Search this
Macbeth Gallery  Search this
International Workers Order  Search this
Type:
Poems
Sketches
Business records
Photographs
Drawings
Citation:
Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Designers -- New York (State)  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Politics and culture  Search this
Authors -- New York  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Political aspects  Search this
Dairy farms  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this
Illustration of books  Search this
Works of art  Search this
Art and war  Search this
Commercial art  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757
AAA_collcode_kentrock
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757
Online Media:

Study for Christ Rejected by the Jews

Artist:
Benjamin West, 10 Oct 1738 - 11 Mar 1820  Search this
Medium:
Oil on paper laid down on panel
Dimensions:
69.5 x 106.4cm (27 3/8 x 41 7/8")
78.4 × 107cm (30 7/8 × 42 1/8")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1811
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Architecture\Arch  Search this
Human Figures  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester
Object number:
64.59 MAG
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4717e2889-1c39-4366-a4f4-7e4329f2f341
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_64.59_MAG

Amanda Smith

Artist:
T. B. Latchmore, 1832 - 1908  Search this
Sitter:
Amanda Berry Smith, 23 Jan 1837 - 24 Feb 1915  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 9.3 x 5.9 cm (3 11/16 x 2 5/16")
Mount: 10.4 x 6.3 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1885
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Amanda Berry Smith: Female  Search this
Amanda Berry Smith: Religion and Spirituality\Preacher\Evangelist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2008.12
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40acbad6b-b2df-41c2-8888-c16a6007c3b6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2008.12
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Carte de visite album of 50 Confederate leaders

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Medium:
Leather-bound album
Dimensions:
Book: 15.2 × 13.7 × 5.7 cm (6 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/4")
Type:
Book
Date:
c. 1861
Topic:
Book\Album  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Totten family; conserved with a grant from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
Object number:
NPG.2012.6
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46ef0c9a4-2f37-476d-9aa5-b00841e50b37
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2012.6

Barney Frank

Artist:
Jon R. Friedman, born 1947  Search this
Sitter:
Barney Frank, born 31 Mar 1940  Search this
Medium:
Oil on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 55.6 × 76.2 cm (21 7/8 × 30")
Type:
Drawing
Date:
2012
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Barney Frank: Male  Search this
Barney Frank: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts  Search this
Barney Frank: Politics and Government\Politician  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist, Jon R. Friedman
Object number:
NPG.2013.120
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
©Jon R. Friedman
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e370fbd1-2be3-4530-8ae9-5e595b671c04
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2013.120

Mary E. Walker

Artist:
Elliott & Fry, active 1863-1962  Search this
Sitter:
Mary Edwards Walker, 26 Nov 1832 - 21 Feb 1919  Search this
Medium:
Albumen silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 8.6 × 5.9 cm (3 3/8 × 2 5/16")
Mount: 9.8 × 6.3 cm (3 7/8 × 2 1/2")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1872
Topic:
Symbols & Motifs\Medal  Search this
Interior  Search this
Printed Material\Document  Search this
Interior\Studio  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite  Search this
Mary Edwards Walker: Female  Search this
Mary Edwards Walker: Medicine and Health\Physician  Search this
Mary Edwards Walker: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Feminist  Search this
Mary Edwards Walker: Medicine and Health\Physician\Army  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2020.167
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f0e9282e-d1b6-4874-8afc-f6374d935f42
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2020.167

Madam C.J. Walker

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Copy after:
Addison N. Scurlock, 18 Jun 1883 - 16 Dec 1964  Search this
Sitter:
Madam C. J. Walker, 23 Dec 1867 - 25 May 1919  Search this
Medium:
Crayon portrait
Dimensions:
Image/Sight: 49.4 × 39 cm (19 7/16 × 15 3/8")
Frame: 67 × 50.3 × 4 cm (26 3/8 × 19 13/16 × 1 9/16")
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this
Interior  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Pin  Search this
Photographic format\Crayon portrait  Search this
Madam C. J. Walker: Female  Search this
Madam C. J. Walker: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this
Madam C. J. Walker: Science and Technology\Inventor  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; This acquisition received support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool
Object number:
NPG.2023.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm429ec6331-c2fd-4dd5-82e9-79064d3a524b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2023.3
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James Vincent Forrestal

Artist:
Albert Ketcham Murray, 29 Dec 1906 - 24 Mar 1992  Search this
Sitter:
James Vincent Forrestal, 15 Feb 1892 - 22 May 1949  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Accurate: 101 x 80 cm (39 3/4 x 31 1/2")
Frame: 120.2 × 114 × 7.6 cm (47 5/16 × 44 7/8 × 3")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1949
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Artwork\Painting  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Pipe  Search this
James Vincent Forrestal: Male  Search this
James Vincent Forrestal: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this
James Vincent Forrestal: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy  Search this
James Vincent Forrestal: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of Defense  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of an anonymous donor, 1953
Object number:
NPG.65.70
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Fund
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm444ace54a-2dd5-4316-aa7d-bab2fb49061b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.65.70

James Francis Byrnes

Artist:
Alfred Jonniaux, 21 Nov 1882 - 4 Feb 1974  Search this
Sitter:
James Francis Byrnes, 2 May 1879 - 9 Apr 1972  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
127 × 101.6 cm (50 × 40")
Frame: 142.7 × 117.5 × 5.4 cm (56 3/16 × 46 1/4 × 2 1/8")
Type:
Painting
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
1946
Topic:
Symbols & Motifs\Medal  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Printed Material\Document  Search this
Interior\Office  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Male  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Politics and Government\US Congressman\South Carolina  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Politics and Government\Governor\South Carolina  Search this
James Francis Byrnes: Politics and Government\US Senator\South Carolina  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist, Alfred Jonniaux
Object number:
NPG.66.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Langston Hughes

Artist:
Edward Henry Weston, 24 Mar 1886 - 1 Jun 1958  Search this
Sitter:
Langston Hughes, 1 Feb 1902 - 22 May 1967  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 24.4 × 19.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8")
Mount: 45.8 × 35.4 cm (18 1/16 × 13 15/16")
Mat: 55.9 × 40.7 cm (22 × 16")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\California\Monterey\Carmel
Date:
1932
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Flower\Boutonniere  Search this
Langston Hughes: Male  Search this
Langston Hughes: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this
Langston Hughes: Literature\Writer\Librettist  Search this
Langston Hughes: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist  Search this
Langston Hughes: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this
Langston Hughes: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Translator  Search this
Langston Hughes: Literature\Writer\Playwright  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.77.264
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.264

Theodore Roosevelt

Artist:
Alvin Langdon Coburn, 11 Jun 1882 - 23 Nov 1966  Search this
Sitter:
Theodore Roosevelt, 27 Oct 1858 - 6 Jan 1919  Search this
Medium:
Photogravure
Dimensions:
Image: 19.7 × 16.4 cm (7 3/4 × 6 7/16")
Sheet: 21.6 × 17.6 cm (8 1/2 × 6 15/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
April 1, 1907 (printed 1913)
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Pin\Tie pin  Search this
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Male  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\State Legislator\New York  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Literature\Writer  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\Governor\New York  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Historian  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Rancher  Search this
Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Prize  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.77.311
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Estate of Alvin Langdon Coburn/ Universal Order
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Data Source:
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GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.311

Howard Chandler Christy Self-Portrait

Artist:
Howard Chandler Christy, 10 Jan. 1872 - 3 Mar. 1952  Search this
Sitter:
Howard Chandler Christy, 10 Jan. 1872 - 3 Mar. 1952  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
127cm x 101.6cm (50" x 40"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
c. 1930
Topic:
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Pipe  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Artist's Effects\Palette  Search this
Artist's Effects\Paintbrush  Search this
Artist's Effects\Canvas  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Howard Chandler Christy: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Howard Chandler Christy: Male  Search this
Howard Chandler Christy: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Howard Chandler Christy: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator  Search this
Howard Chandler Christy: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Muralist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Henry Ostrow
Object number:
NPG.78.269
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41fc7d66f-dfa8-4598-8a18-4905d059dc87
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.269

U.S. Medicine: Plight of the Patient

Artist:
Ronald William Fordham Searle, 3 Mar 1920 - 30 Dec 2011  Search this
Medium:
Black and colored inks and wash on paperboard
Dimensions:
Board: 50.1 × 37.1cm (19 3/4 × 14 5/8")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1969
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Plant  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bed  Search this
Home Furnishings\Pillow  Search this
Interior\Hospital room  Search this
Printed Material\Chart  Search this
Equipment\Medical Equipment\Syringe  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.78.TC100
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Ronald Searle
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC100

U.S. Medicine: Plight of the Patient

Artist:
Ronald William Fordham Searle, 3 Mar 1920 - 30 Dec 2011  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions:
28.5cm x 21.3cm (11 1/4" x 8 3/8"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1969
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Plant  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bed  Search this
Home Furnishings\Pillow  Search this
Interior\Hospital room  Search this
Printed Material\Chart  Search this
Equipment\Medical Equipment\Syringe  Search this
Preparatory sketch  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.78.TC102
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Ronald Searle
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a960d685-e14f-4a3f-83b3-9e4750893c39
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC102

Computer

Artist:
Boris Artzybasheff, 1899 - 16 Jul 1965  Search this
Medium:
Tempera and pencil on Masonite
Dimensions:
53.3cm x 40.6cm (21" x 16"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1965
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this
Interior  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Home Furnishings\Telephone  Search this
Equipment\Computer  Search this
Human Figures  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine; conserved with funds from The Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
Object number:
NPG.78.TC134
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Boris Artzybasheff
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44e0f4ca4-6b68-445d-ba65-b898d516d257
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC134

U.S. Prisons

Artist:
Theodore A. Xaras, born 24 Jun 1945  Search this
Medium:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
38.1cm x 27.3cm (15" x 10 3/4"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1971
Topic:
Interior\Prison\Prison cell  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Object number:
NPG.78.TC172
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Theodore A. Xaras
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Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43212f79a-fc09-4f18-91ec-302aff1487e2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC172

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