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Artist: William Auerbach-Levy, 1889 - 1964
Sitter: Franklin Pierce Adams, 15 Nov 1881 - 23 Mar 1960; George Simon Kaufman, 16 Nov 1889 - 2 Jun 1961; Gerald Henry Brooks, c. 1895 - 1974; Harpo Marx, 23 Nov 1893 - 28 Sep 1964; Henry Wise Miller, 1876 - 1954; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 7 Dec 1888 - 18 Dec 1939

Date: 1930

Type: Drawing

Medium: India ink, gouache and pencil on board
Dimensions: Image: 25.1cm x 37.2cm (9 7/8" x 14 5/8"); Sheet: 35.6cm x 48.3cm (14" x 19")

Topic: Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar; Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses\Pince-nez; Interior\Domestic; Caricature; Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp; Costume\Dress Accessory\Suspenders; Game\Playing cards; Food\Beverage\Alcoholic; Game\Poker chips; Container\Bottle\Liquor bottle; Franklin Pierce Adams: Male; Franklin Pierce Adams: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist; Franklin Pierce Adams: Literature\Writer\Humorist; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun: Male; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun: Literature\Writer\Novelist; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun: Literature\Writer\Essayist; Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun: Performing Arts\Theater critic; Harpo Marx: Male; Harpo Marx: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater; Harpo Marx: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie; Harpo Marx: Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian; Harpo Marx: Performing Arts\Performer\Vaudeville; Henry Wise Miller: Male; Henry Wise Miller: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Broker\Stockbroker; George Simon Kaufman: Male; George Simon Kaufman: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist; George Simon Kaufman: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director; George Simon Kaufman: Literature\Writer\Playwright; George Simon Kaufman: Pulitzer Prize; Gerald Henry Brooks: Male; Gerald Henry Brooks: Society and Social Change\Socialite; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.92.20

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery