Alan Fern Standing Near Caricature by Edward Sorel

ID: 88-5734-9

Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1988

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5

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Summary

"Alan Fern beneath a caricature painted as an 'inside joke' by his friend Edward Sorel, to celebrate Fern's appointment as director [of NPG]." Fern was appointed director of the National Portrait Gallery in 1982.

Subject

  • Fern, Alan Maxwell 1930-
  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in Torch, April 1988

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1988

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Art museums
  • Portraits
  • Art museum directors

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

88-5734-9

Physical description

Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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