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Portrait study of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., delegate from the United States to the United Nations
Portrait study of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., delegate from the United States to the United Nations

Portrait study of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., delegate from the United States to the United Nations

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., delegate from the United States to the United Nations
Date:
1946
Artist:
Medium:
Graphite and brown pencil on paper mounted on board with framing lines in graphite
Dimensions
5 x 6 1/2 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[top right of drawing in graphite]: V.O.; [bottom left of drawing in graphite]: Edward R. Statinnis [sic], Jr. [space] U.S.; [bottom right of board in graphite]: 182; [far right of board in brown pencil]: 580After a rapid rise through the ranks first of General Motors and then of US Steel, Edward R. Stettinius Jr. served as US Secretary of State from 1944 until 1945, overseeing the end of World War II and the creation of the UN. He chaired the US delegation to the 1945 San Francisco Conference that brought 50 nations together to create the UN, and he became the first US Ambassador to the organization, a post he held until his resignation in June 1946 over what he saw as President Harry S. Truman's refusal to use the UN as a forum to resolve growing Soviet-American tensions.

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