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John Steinbeck

National Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist
Sonya Noskowiak, 25 Nov 1900 - 28 Apr 1975
Sitter
John Steinbeck, 27 Feb 1902 - 20 Dec 1968
Exhibition Label
In politics, mention of the Great Depression evokes Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal; in painting, it summons up images of federally funded WPA murals depicting the nation's workforce. And in American letters, the work most synonymous with those hard times is The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's best-selling novel portraying the spirit-breaking poverty that overtook so much of the country's rural economy in the wake of prolonged drought and falling crop prices. When the book appeared in 1939, Steinbeck had already tasted popular success with his two novels Tortilla Flat and Of Mice and Men. Grapes of Wrath, however, earned him an acclaim that few American writers have enjoyed. No recent novel, one critic said at its publication, was "better calculated to awaken the humanity of others." In 1962, Steinbeck's literary accomplishments earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
1935
Object number
NPG.2006.74
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Estate of Sonya Noskowiak
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 22.6 x 19.4cm (8 7/8 x 7 5/8")
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")
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Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.2006.74
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
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