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Ted Wathen, Former Company Houses, Jenkins, Letcher County, Kentucky, 1975, gelatin silver print

Smithsonian American Art Museum · Penn Quarter

Molt del que hi ha aquí és bell: prospeccions fotogràfiques del bicentenari dels EUA (Much Here Is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial)

Upcoming18 September 2026 – 18 April 2027·Free

225 fotografies procedents dels projectes de prospecció de l'era del bicentenari del NEA que reconstrueixen un retrat dels Estats Units dels anys setanta i el posen en diàleg amb la fotografia documental federal del segle XIX.

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National Portrait Gallery

Early photograph of the neoclassical Patent Office Building used as the exhibition's key image

L'esperit de la invenció: l'Oficina de Patents i els titulars de patents (The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees)

National Portrait Gallery

Gold Portrait of a Nation award trophies shaped as a face in profile

Portrait of a Nation: Guardonats del 2025 (Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees)

National Portrait Gallery

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National Portrait Gallery

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National Building Museum

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National Museum of Women in the Arts

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© 1975 Ted Wathen; Smithsonian American Art Museum, transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts (Courtesy of the museum)