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The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Upper East Side

The Face of Life: Modern Portraits at The Met

Now showingPermanent collection·Ticketed — see website

Examines the language of portraiture from about 1900 to the 1960s through nearly 80 works from The Met collection.

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