MARILYN MONROE by Boris Chaliapin Gouache and watercolor with graphite pencil on illustration board 1956 Sight (Verified): 51.4 x 38.1 cm (20 1/4 x 15") Mat (Verified): 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") Frame (Verified): 74.6 x 59.1 x 3.2 cm (29 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 1/4") Estate of Marilyn Monroe, c/o CMG Worldwide, Inc. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.88.TC144
JACQUELINE KENNEDY by Boris Chaliapin Gouache, watercolor and pencil on board 1960-61 Sight: 44.5 x 31.1 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/4") Mat (Verified): 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine NPG.78.TC498
JULIA CHILD by Boris Chaliapin Tempera on board 1966 Image (Verified): 34.3 x 24.8cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/4") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.78.TC303
ALTHEA GIBSON by Boris Chaliapin Watercolor and pencil on board 1957 Sight: 62.3 x 46.3 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/4") Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.78.TC406
**FILE** In this undated photo released by the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building is seen in Washington. (Associated Press/Smithsonian Institution)
**FILE** In this undated photo released by the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building is seen in Washington. (Associated Press/Smithsonian Institution)
Nam June Paik, "Untitled (Robot)" [PaikBot], 1992, single-channel video in robot-shaped assemblage of televisions, radio- and stereo-system parts, and metal hardware, with additions in paint; color, silent, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift to the Nam June Paik Archive from the Nam June Paik Estate, © Nam June Paik Estate
Nam June Paik, "Megatron/Matrix", 1995, eight- channel video installation with custom electronics; color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Barney A. Ebsworth, Nelson C. White, and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
On Friday, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, in conjunction with the African American History and Culture Museum, will open a new exhibit that tells the story of civil rights in America through significant objects, such as Lincoln's top hat, Harriet Tubman's shawl, and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that Union soldiers distributed to blacks during the Civil War.
