PHOTOGRAPH OF CHARLES M SCHULZ DONATED TO NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

A PHOTOGRAPH OF 'PEANUTS' CREATOR CHARLES M SCHULZ (1922–2000) WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN A CEREMONY FOR INVITED GUESTS 1.OCTOBER. THE EVENT RECOGNIZES THE CARTOONIST'S IMPACT ON MILLION OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AND COINCIDES WITH COMMEMORATIONS SURROUNDING THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF 'PEANUTS'. THE 1986 PHOTOGRAPH, CREATED BY ACCLAIMED PORTRAITIST YOUSUF KARSH, IS THE PORTRAIT GALLERY'S FIRST IMAGE OF THE FAMED CARTOONIST. IN THE IMAGE, SCHULZ IS AT HIS DRAWING BOARD WITH PEN IN HAND. BEFORE HIM IS A PARTIALLY COMPLETED 'PEANUTS' FULL-PAGE COMIC FEATURING THE PERENNIALLY POPULAR STORY LINE IN WHICH LUCY SNATCHES THE FOOTBALL AWAY FROM CHARLIE BROWN AND SENDS HIM HURTLING THROUGH THE AIR. THE PHOTOGRAPH, WITH THE ACCOMPANYING ORIGINAL COMIC STRIP, WILL BE ON PUBLIC VIEW IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY IN THE MUSEUM'S 'NEW ARRIVALS' EXHIBITION. THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY WILL MARK THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF TEH 'PEANUTS' STRIP WITH A CASE THAT WILL FEATURE OBJECTS FROM SCHULZ, INCLUDING DRAWING UTENSILS, AN ANIMATION CELL FROM THE TELEVISION SPECIAL 'IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN' AND TWO COMIC PANELS THAT SHOW THE CARTOON'S PROGRESSION FROM ROUGH PENCIL SKETCHES TO FINISHED INK STRIPS. 'PEANUTS' ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED COMIC STRIPS, RAN WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. ENCORES OF THE COMIC STRIP APPEAR TODAY IN MORE THAN 2,200 NEWSPAPERS IN 75 COUNTRIES AND 21 LANGUAGES. 'PEANUTS' ANIMATED SPECIALS HAVE BECOME SEASONAL TRADITIONS, AND THOUSANDS OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE. CHARLIE BROWN KICKING THE FOOTBALL, LINUS AND LINUS BLANKET AND LUCY LEANING OVER SCHROEDER'S PIANO ARE IMAGES WHICH EVERYONE CAN RELATE. PHRASES SUCH AS 'SECURITY BLANKET' AND 'GOOD GRIEF' ARE PART OF THE GLOBAL VERNACULAR. THE PHOTOGRAPH OF SCHULZ HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY BY ESTRELLITA KARSH, IN MEMORY OF YOUSUF KARSH.