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Samuel Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett
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Artist
Edward Biberman, 23 Oct 1904 - 27 Jan 1986
Sitter
Samuel Dashiell Hammett, 25 May 1894 - 10 Jan 1961
Date
1937
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 102.2 x 76.5 x 2.5cm (40 1/4 x 30 1/8 x 1")
Frame: 118.1 x 92.4 x 5.7cm (46 1/2 x 36 3/8 x 2 1/4")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette
Samuel Dashiell Hammett: Male
Samuel Dashiell Hammett: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Samuel Dashiell Hammett: Literature\Writer\Screenwriter
Samuel Dashiell Hammett: Law and Crime\Police\Detective
Portrait
Place
United States\California\Los Angeles\Los Angeles
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© 1937 Edward Biberman
Object number
NPG.85.1
Provenance
The artist; purchased 1985 NPG
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
20th Century Americans: 1930-1960
On View
NPG, South Gallery 321