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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.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.shahben

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Ben Shahn papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983b06d9b-dd51-45bc-9b11-09b06a88f6c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shahben

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b89531f7-fa1e-4feb-a6af-254fd253ac5d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.66.2

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:

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm430fc51c2-b5da-4e1d-a1f6-45dac7d81878

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.264

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:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4fda97156-724d-4e92-a799-f1cdba99cfc1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.311

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

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:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm459eaa77f-d040-4765-b63c-f19c940cfdde

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC100

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

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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National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44e0f4ca4-6b68-445d-ba65-b898d516d257

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC134

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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National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43212f79a-fc09-4f18-91ec-302aff1487e2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC172