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Portrait of Bob Dylan to go on view at National Portrait Gallery after Nobel Prize win

Bob Dylan by John Cohen. Gelatin silver print, 1962. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © John Cohen. (Courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC)
Bob Dylan by John Cohen. Gelatin silver print, 1962. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © John Cohen. (Courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC)
A 1966 poster by Milton Glaser is the other Bob Dylan item at the National Portrait Gallery. (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Milton Glaser)
A 1966 poster by Milton Glaser is the other Bob Dylan item at the National Portrait Gallery. (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Milton Glaser)
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Bob Dylan by John Cohen. Gelatin silver print, 1962. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © John Cohen. (Courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC)
A 1966 poster by Milton Glaser is the other Bob Dylan item at the National Portrait Gallery. (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Milton Glaser)

WASHINGTON — Bob Dylan, who earlier this week was named the first musician in the 115-year history of the Nobel to , will be honored by a D.C. museum, too.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced Friday that a portrait of Dylan will be installed in its “Celebrate” space on the first floor of the museum. The portrait taken by John Cohen in 1962 can be viewed beginning Monday.

The gallery has two portraits of Dylan — the other is a 1966 poster by Milton Glaser, said gallery spokeswoman Evanne Allen.

Dylan, 75, won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

The museum located at 8th and F Streets NW is open from 11:30 a.m. — 7 p.m. daily. Admission is free.

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