Edited by Wendy Wick Reaves (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press/Rowman & Littlefield), hardcover, 9 ¼ x 12 in., 190 pp., $49.95

In Reflections/Refractions, some of the greatest modern artists use self-portraiture to trace the intricacies of their personalities or artistic personas. The book is at once a catalog of twentieth-century self-portraits in the Portrait Gallery’s collection and an exploration of how modern artists view themselves and the world.

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Inventing Marcel Duchamp:
The Dynamics of Portraiture

Edited by Anne Collins Goodyear and James W. McManus (distributed by MIT Press), hardcover, 9 x 12 in., 320 pp., $49.95

One of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) was a master of self-invention who carefully regulated the image he projected through self-portraiture and through his collaboration with those who portrayed him.

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Ballyhoo: Posters as Portraiture

by Wendy Wick Reaves (National Portrait Gallery, 2008), softcover, 9 x 6 ½ in.; 160 pp.,

Ballyhoo! looks at the poster as a form of popular portraiture. By interweaving the three themes of poster art, celebrity promotion, and advertising, Ballyhoo! suggests how a famous face can enhance the message of the poster and, conversely, how posters have defined and disseminated images of prominent Americans.

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Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer

by Frank H. Goodyear III (Merrell, 2008), hardcover, 11 ¼ x 8 ½ in.; 240 pp.,

In the early twentieth century Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869–1933) was one of the busiest photographers in New York City, maintaining a fashionable studio on Fifth Avenue, exhibiting her distinctly modern portraits across America, Europe and Russia, and publishing work in many magazines. Her self-portraits also challenged traditional perceptions of female identity. This striking book celebrates Ben-Yusuf ’s achievement, showcasing a significant selection of her elegant and compelling portraits.

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RECOGNIZE!
Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture

by Brandon Brame Fortune, Frank H. Goodyear III, and Jobyl A. Boone (National Portrait Gallery), softcover, 11 x 8 ½ in.; 32 pp., $10.00

Images of hip hop performers are as pervasive in our culture as the music itself. This full-color booklet highlights the six artists and one poet—Kehinde Wiley, David Scheinbaum, Jefferson Pinder, Tim Conlon, Dave Hupp, Shinique Smith, and Nikki Giovanni—who appear in the exhibition and captures the vibrancy and energy that characterizes hip hop.

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Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848

by Carolyn Kinder Carr et al. (National Portrait Gallery, Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior de España, Smithsonian Latino Center, and Fundación Consejo España–Estados Unidos), hardcover, 9 ¾ x 13 ¼ in.; 284 pp. $55.99

Legacy highlights the relationship between Spain and the United States over an eight-five year period that was marked by transformative events in the Americas and Europe. This bilingual volume, containing twelve illustrated essays by noted scholars in the field, also contains seventy-two full-color illustrations of the objects in the exhibition—portraits, maps, documents, and treaties—that focus on moments of significant political and economic intersection between Spain and the United States.

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Faces of Discord
The Civil War Era at the National Portrait Gallery

edited by James G. Barber, (Collins Reference), hardcover, 9 x 11 in.; 320 pp., $34.95

Compiled primarily from NPG’s collections, these portraits of the leading historical figures of this turbulent and transformative time include many of the best and most accurate representations of such legendary figures as Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, John S. Mosby, and George Armstrong Custer, and were painted, sculpted, and photographed by the foremost artists of the day.

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The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006

With an essay by Dave Hickey, (distributed by University of Washington Press), softcover, 5 x 8 ½ in., 80 pp., $19.95

Selected by a jury of experts from more than 4,000 initial entries to the country’s fi rst national portrait competition, the fifty-one finalists’ portraits provide clear evidence of the strength of portraiture in today’s world, and signal NPG’s increased commitment to contemporary art.

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Portrait of a Nation
Highlights from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

(Merrell), softcover, 5 ½ x 7 ½ in. 288 pp., $14.95

This beautifully illustrated, compact companion guide to the reopened NPG brings together the faces of Americans who have made a profound mark on the history of the United States, from the nation’s earliest days to the present, including political leaders and reformers, artists and athletes, superstars and scoundrels.

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Portraiture Now
(National Portrait Gallery), softcover, 6 x 9 in., 28 pp., $7.95

This inaugural installation in a new exhibition series provides a cross-section of current innovations in portraiture, and features the work of five contemporary portrait artists: William Beckman, Dawoud Bey, Nina Levy, Jason Salavon, and Andres Serrano.

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Temple of Invention
History of a National Landmark

by Charles J. Robertson (Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery, in association with Scala Publishers), softcover, 9 x 8 ¾ in., 112 pp., $19.95

Robertson tells the history of our National Historic Landmark building, beginning with its construction as home of the U.S. Patent Office, its conversion to Civil War barracks and use as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball, through the Smithsonian’s acquisition of the building and its grand reopening in 2006.

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