| agent |
Robert Remsen Vickrey (American illustrator, born 1926) |
| culturalContext |
American |
| date |
1966 (creation) |
| description |
Full color portrait of Walter Cronkite, (head and shoulders dressed in a suit and
tie) against a monochromatic blue background portraying the television industry. Walter
Leland Cronkite, Jr. (born November 4, 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist,
best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962-1981). During
the heyday of CBS News in the 1970s and 1980s he was often cited in viewer opinion
polls as "the most trusted man in America" because of his professional experience
and kindly demeanor. The famous CBS "eye" logo (unveiled on Oct. 17, 1951) by William
Goldman is visible on the camera.
Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/ (accessed 6/1/2009) [description source] |
| inscription |
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| location |
National Portrait Gallery [Smithsonian Institution] (Washington, District of Columbia,
United States) NPG.78.TC319 [repository]
Gift of Time Magazine, acquired 1978 [location note] |
| material |
watercolor and pencil on board |
| measurements |
21 in (height) x 14.5 in (width, without frame) |
| relation |
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| rights |
© Robert Vickery/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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| source |
Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) |
| stateEdition |
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| stylePeriod |
Twentieth century |
| subject |
commercial and industrial design; contemporary (1960 to present); figure, male; portraits;
Cronkite, Walter; Television broadcasting of news; Television news anchors; television
camera; television screen; television broadcast antenna
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| technique |
drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques |
| textref |
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| title |
Walter Cronkite [cited, true, en]
Portrait of Walter Cronkite [descriptive, false, en] |
| worktype |
illustrations (layout features); paintings (visual works); watercolors (paintings) |
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| image courtesy C. Weber, Fairfield University |
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