Very Rare Oversize Signed Photograph of President Ronald Reagan at His Desk in the Oval Office
It is also signed by His United Nations team, Jean Kirkpatrick and William Clark.
Jean D. Kirkpatrick was a fierce anti-communist whose writings for Commentary magazine in the late 1970s caught the eye of Ronald Reagan, who, as he said, liked her way of thinking. Reagan made her his foreign policy advisor during the 1980 presidential campaign, and after his inauguration she was a member of...
Jean D. Kirkpatrick was a fierce anti-communist whose writings for Commentary magazine in the late 1970s caught the eye of Ronald Reagan, who, as he said, liked her way of thinking. Reagan made her his foreign policy advisor during the 1980 presidential campaign, and after his inauguration she was a member of his National Security Council. An important leader of the neoconservative political faction, Reagan named Kirkpatrick the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, making her the first woman to hold that office. She remained in that post from 1981 until 1985. She believed that right-wing dictatorships had a greater chance of becoming democratic than left-wing ones, and her advice reflected that.
William Clark was a longtime rancher friend of Reagan from California, who had the new President’s ear. In 1982-1983, he was Reagan’s National Security Advisor, working with, among other people, Jean Kirkpatrick. Clark became Secretary of the Interior in late 1983.
Leamond Dean was a noted luxury clothing designer in New York from the 1960s through the period of the Reagan presidency. Nancy Reagan and Jean Kirkpatrick were two of his satisfied customers. His name on a label still connotes style.
An imposing 11 by 14 inch color photograph, showing Reagan at his desk in the Oval Office, flanked by Kirkpatrick and Clark, signed and inscribed “To Leamond Dean, with best regards, Ronald Reagan.” At left Clark has added, “Leamond, while Jean may have signed this on the incorrect side (right), she is oh so correct in every other way. Bill Clark.” At right, Kirkpatrick writes, “For Leamond, with affection and appreciation, Jean D. Kirkpatrick.” The photograph, which can be dated to 1982-3 by the presence of Clark, was obtained by Kirkpatrick in person for Dean, from whom we acquired it.
This is one of the only oversize signed photograph of Reagan at his desk that we can recall seeing on the market, and the only signed one showing Reagan and his United Nations team.
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