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Portrait of a Sailor, U.S.S. Enterprise

c. 1940

American 20th Century

Artist

Medium

celluloid photo button
Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Dimensions

overall: 19.8 × 14.7 cm (7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
Accession

2023.39.137

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.

Inscriptions

lower center: God Bless America; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper center in black ink on applied sticker: AF073C / 8.2021. RBU

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