Collection The Kennedys and the Arts
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
Major Gist Blair
- Artist
- Ossip Perelma
- Date of Work
- 1920
- Medium
- Portrait
- Credit
- Blair House
Major Gist Blair
Portrait of Major Gist Blair by Ossip Perelma, 1920.
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