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Carl Sandburg

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Artist: William Arthur Smith, 19 Apr 1918 - 27 Apr 1989
Sitter: Carl Sandburg, 6 Jan 1878 - 22 Jul 1967

Date: 1961

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 99.1 x 91.4 x 2.5cm (39 x 36 x 1"); Frame: 127.6 x 118.1 x 7.6cm (50 1/4 x 46 1/2 x 3")

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Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kent-Lucas Foundation

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply
Copyright: © Kathlin Smith

Object number: NPG.80.39

Provenance: The artist; purchased 1971-1980 by donors for NPG

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

Exhibition: 20th Century Americans: 1930-1960
On View: NPG, South Gallery 321

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