The Artist Martin Wong, 1985

The Artist Martin Wong, 1985

(1946 – 1999)

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The Artist Elizabeth Murray

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The Artist Elizabeth Murray

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The Artist Raphael Soyer, 1985

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The Artist Raphael Soyer, 1985

Raphael Soyer (December 25, 1899 – November 4, 1987) was a Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Soyer was referred to as anAmerican scene painter. He is identified as a Social Realist because of his interest in men and women viewed in contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists' studios of New York City, although he avoided subjects that were particularly critical of society. He also wrote several books on his life and art.

The Artist Alex Katz, 1986

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The Artist Alex Katz, 1986

in his studio on West Broadway

The Artist and Printmaker Robert Blackburn, 1987

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The Artist and Printmaker Robert Blackburn,1987
(1920-2003)

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The Artist Steve Gianakos, 1986

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The Artist Steve Gianakos. 1986

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The Director and Playwright George Wolfe, 2006

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The Director and Playwright George Wolfe, 2006

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The Playwright Elizabeth Meriwether

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Elizabeth Meriwether

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Playwright Portrait, Jonathan Leaf, Excerpt from Pushkin

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The Playwright Jonathan Leaf, 2006

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PUSHKIN

PUSHKIN

You’ve been paid, yes? (She nods.) Tell me, where is my wife?

SERVING-MAID

She and her sister, Katarina,

Are visiting again that gorgeous Count, 

The Dutch ambassador’s adopted son.

PUSHKIN

Again?

 SERVING-MAID

            Once more.  He’s very handsome, yes?

Pushkin looks at her. The Serving-Maid exits. Pushkin walks to a corner panel in his woodwork, taps it, and it opens. He pulls out some papers and looks at them. He then closes the compartment and sits down, dejectedly, with the papers.

PUSHKIN

Have I eyed earth without a proper eye

And seen - or thought I saw - a hectic strand -

Shore beckoning - where beach's not, not one grain, 

Worlds through glass eyes themselves composed of sand?

Lights out.

The Artist Roni Horn, 1992

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The Artist Roni Horn, 1992

The Composer John Cage, 1987

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John Cage, 1987

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The Writer Jonathan Lethem

The Writer Jonathan Lethem

The Playwright Tony Kushner

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Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner at the podium where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union Address

The Playwright Ross Berger, 2006

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The Playwright Ross Berger, 2006