Martha Visser't Hooft (1906-1994)The Oval Office
1973
acrylic on canvas
25 x 30 inches (Frame: 26 1/8 x 31 inches)
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of a Friend of the Artist, 1976
Disgraced by the revelations of criminal activity in the Watergate Investigation, Richard M. Nixon resigned from the U.S. Presidency and Gerald R. Ford took office as the 38th President on August 9, 1974.