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Home > Illustrations > In the midst of the Iran-Contra scandal, the magazine learned that a meeting was to be held at the White House; all key players were to be present.

In the midst of the Iran-Contra scandal, the magazine learned that a meeting was to be held at the White House; all key players were to be present.

By Julian Allen | Created: 1986

In the midst of the Iran-Contra scandal, the magazine learned that a meeting was to be held at the White House; all key players were to be present.

I devise a way to make dull-looking men in suits, talking in White House offices, into something visually dramatic.

Publication
  • Newsweek
Publication Date
  • December 8, 1986
Medium
  • Watercolor and pencil
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • 18.5 x 28 in. (47 x 71.1 cm.)
Collection
  • Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, Gift of Victoria Allen in Memory of Julian Allen, NRM.2019.18.0260

©Julian Allen

Genres
  • Magazine
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1980-1990 The Decade 1980-1990

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