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Image Not Available for Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965); verso: sketch of same sitter
Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965); verso: sketch of same sitter
Image Not Available for Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965); verso: sketch of same sitter
Artist/Maker (1897 - 1961)

Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965); verso: sketch of same sitter

ca. 1940–1945
Brown crayon and touches of graphite on paper
Overall: 25 3/4 × 20 1/8 in. (65.4 × 51.1 cm)
Gift of Enit Kaufman
1947.184
Frankfurther was a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and of the magazine "The New Republic." He was close friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was one of his advisors in New Deal policies. He served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and was a scholar of its history.
DescriptionPortrait
Markingssignature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
InscribedSigned at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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1940-1945
1947.202
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Paul Robeson (1898-1976); verso: unfinished sketch of same sitter
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ca. 1944
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Thomas Craven (1889-1969); verso: sketch of same sitter
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1940-1945
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Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. (1902-1971); verso: sketch of same sitter
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ca. 1944
1947.235
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Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946); verso: sketch of a man
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ca. 1940–1945
1947.165
Robert Frost (1874-1963); verso: sketch of same sitter, frontal view
Robert Frost (1874-1963); verso: sketch of same sitter, frontal view
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940–1945
1947.171
Image Not Available for Dr. George David Birkhoff (1884-1944)
Dr. George David Birkhoff (1884-1944)
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940–1945
1947.185
Image Not Available for William Allen White (1868-1944)
William Allen White (1868-1944)
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940
1947.158
Image Not Available for Dr. Harlow Shapley (1885-1972); verso: profile sketch of a man
Dr. Harlow Shapley (1885-1972); verso: profile sketch of a man
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940–1945
1947.189
Image Not Available for Senator Alban W. Barkley (1877-1956); verso: sketch of female sitter
Senator Alban W. Barkley (1877-1956); verso: sketch of female sitter
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940-1945
1947.232
Frances Perkins (1882-1965)
Frances Perkins (1882-1965)
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1940-1945
1947.182
Joe Louis (1914-1981)
Joe Louis (1914-1981)
Enit Zerner Kaufman
ca. 1945
1947.217