For portraits, Bolling emphasized the details of the face that individualized the subject, understanding that those details "are the things that people remember."
Titles with an asterisk (*) were displayed in the exhibition at the Library of Virginia. The PDF symbol indicates catalog entries and images for works discovered after April 1, 2006. Click on the PDF symbol (
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This list of titles was compiled from exhibition pamphlets and catalogs, published reviews and articles, and correspondence.
| Portraits | |
|---|---|
| Billy Ca. 1935 | |
) | Bishop Brooks* 1935 Courtesy of the James K. Hill Collection. Photography by Pierre Courtois, LVA |
| Bunny Ca. 1935 | |
| Dr. W. T. Johnson 1932 | |
) | F. D. R.* 1940 Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, Hyde Park, NY. Photography by Paul Stokes |
) | Joshua Kinney* 1938 Courtesy of Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond. Photography by Pierre Courtois, LVA |
| Lum and Abner 1942 | |
| Marian Anderson 1940 | |
) | Mrs. Roosevelt* 1940 Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, Hyde Park, NY. Photography by Paul Stokes |
| Portrait Bust Ca. 1933 | |
| Portrait Bust of a Friend Ca. 1937 | |
| Son of Alfred Stratford 1940 | |
| Thomas C. Parker 1935 | |
) | Tyree Baker* 1939 Courtesy of Shelby Vincent. Photography by Pierre Courtois, LVA |