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Past Exhibitions: 2004 through 2000
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Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery
Traveling exhibition September 2002
through January 2004

This exhibition of one hundred memorable like-
ness published in ARTnews was organized by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,
to celebrate the centenary of America's oldest art journal

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Portraits of the Presidents from the
National Portrait Gallery

Traveling exhibition, October 2000
through May 2003

Presidential portraiture has been a major collecting concern at the National Portrait Gallery ever since it opened its doors in 1968. Although the media for presidential imagery is richly varied, each portrait in this exhibition evokes the history of the office and the individuals who have held it.

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Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Exhibited October 29 through January 9, 2000

Over the last half century Henri Cartier-Bresson
has photographed some of the most famous icons
of the 20th century, those few people amongst millions whose images pass into history. Tête à
Tête is a remarkable arrangement of Cartier-Bresson's most memorable portraits.

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A Durable Memento: Portraits by Augustus Washington, African American Daguerreotypist
Exhibited September 24 through January 2, 2000

Augustus Washington (1820/21 1875) is one of
the few African American daguerreotypists whose
work has been identified and whose career has
been documented.

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Edward Sorel: Unauthorized Portraits
Exhibited July 2, 1999 through January 9, 2000

One of the foremost graphic artists of our age, Edward Sorel has delighted magazine readers for decades with his social critiques, political satires,
and whimsical picture essays.

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Ernest Hemingway: A Writer in His Time
Exhibited June 18 through January 9, 2000

Ruggedly handsome, emphatically virile, drawn to physical adventure, Ernest Hemingway not only
wrote some of the twentieth century's finest fiction,
he created a personal image that made him a legend. This exhibition commemorates the life of
one of America's most important writers.

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PAST  EXHIBITIONS:
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2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006–2005 | 2004–2000 | 1999 1998 | 1997–1996


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