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Sir Brian Edward Urquhart
5 of 8 portraits on display in Room 35 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sir Brian Edward Urquhart
by Philip Pearlstein
oil on canvas, 2002
44 in. x 36 in. (1116 mm x 915 mm)
Commissioned with support from a group of private benefactors, 2002
Primary Collection
NPG 6618
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- Sir Brian Edward Urquhart (1919-), Under-Secretary-General, United Nations. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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This portrait was painted entirely from life in a series of two hour sessions in the artist's Manhattan studio. Urquhart is depicted holding the blue helmet of the UN Peace-keeping Force which he helped develop. Characteristic of Pearlstein's approach to his subject, the sitter is cropped and looms large in the composition.
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