Exhibitions
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Brushes with the Literary: Portraits by Washington Artist Marcella Comes WinslowAugust 13, 1993 – December 5, 1993Portrait Gallery
Portraits of famous writers give an insider's view of life in the nation's capital in the 1940s-50s when Marcella Comes Winslow's Georgetown home was an informal literary salon.
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Artist and Patron (1875-1942)July 8, 1983 – November 27, 1983Portrait Gallery
See a small exhibition that includes photographs, papers, letters and personal notebooks documenting the art patron's support of American artists— support which culminated in the creation of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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An Interior Decorated: Joyce KozloffAugust 15, 1980 – March 1, 1981Renwick Gallery
Inspired by exotic and intricate motifs of Egyptian, Islamic and American Indian cultures, the New York artist transforms one of the Renwick's galleries into a striking array of color and pattern.
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Portrait of Sarah PorterMay 17, 1976 – June 15, 1976Portrait Gallery
View a portrait of the founder of Miss Porter's School.
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Collection of Period Costumes1914 – Before 1955Arts and Industries Building
The Collection of Period Costumes exhibition opened in 1914 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building.
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