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Harry S Truman

Object Details

Provenance
The artist; purchased NPG 1970
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Martha Greta Kempton, 22 Mar 1903 - 9 Dec 1991
Sitter
Harry S. Truman, 8 May 1884 - 26 Dec 1972
Date
1948
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dean Acheson, Thomas C. Clark, John W. Snyder, Robert A. Lovett, Clinton P. Anderson, Charles F. Brannan, Charles Sawyer, W. Averell Harriman, David K. E. Bruce, Edward H. Foley, Stuart Symington, William McChesney Martin, Clark Clifford, Charles S. Murphy, Ward M. Canaday, and Joseph Stack
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Sight: 94.6 x 74.3cm (37 1/4 x 29 1/4")
Frame: 116.8 x 96.5 x 6.4cm (46 x 38 x 2 1/2")
Type
Painting
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