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John F. Kennedy

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Artist: Leo M. Cherne, 1912 - 1999
Sitter: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963

Date: 1964

Type: Sculpture

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Without Base: 40.7 x 22.9 x 27.3cm (16 x 9 x 10 3/4"); With Socle: 58.4 x 20.3 x 29.2cm (23 x 8 x 11 1/2")

Topic: John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Male; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Literature\Writer; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\President of US; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Pulitzer Prize; John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: gift of Walter Pozen

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.2003.5

Provenance: Walter Pozen [b. 1933]; gift to NPG 2003

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery