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Artist
Soss Efram Melik, 02 Aug 1914 - 11 Oct 2003
Sitter
Maxwell Anderson, 15 Dec 1888 - 28 Feb 1959
Date
1945
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal and pencil on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 52.2 × 45.3 cm (20 9/16 × 17 13/16")
Mat: 69.8 × 54.7 cm (27 1/2 × 21 9/16")
Frame: 75 × 60 × 2 cm (29 1/2 × 23 5/8 × 13/16")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Maxwell Anderson: Male
Maxwell Anderson: Literature\Writer\Poet
Maxwell Anderson: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
Maxwell Anderson: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\College
Maxwell Anderson: Literature\Writer\Playwright
Maxwell Anderson: Performing Arts\Film critic
Maxwell Anderson: Pulitzer Prize
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution