Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence
1975
Alex Katz, Audrey Flack, Colleen Browning, Edward Ruscha, Fritz Scholder, Jacob Lawrence, Joseph Hirsch, Larry Rivers, Marisol Escobar, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Will Barnet
(American, b. 1927), (American, 1931-), (American, 1925-), (American, 1937-), (American, 1937–2005), (American, 1917–2000), (American, 1910–1981), (American, 1923–2002), (American, 1930-), (American, b. 1937), (American, 1928–2018), (American, 1911–2012)
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