Past Exhibitions: 2004 through 2000
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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