Truman Balcony Truman Balcony The Truman Balcony is the second-floor balcony of the Executive Residence of the White House, which overlooks the south lawn. It was completed in March 1948, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Truman's plans to build a balcony off the Yellow Oval Room were controversial. Truman argued that the addition of a balcony would provide shade for the first floor portico, avoiding the need for awnings, and would balance the White House's south face by breaking up the long verticals created by the columns. Critics of the proposal, including members of the Commission of Fine Arts, argued
Majas on a Balcony 1929. It is largely similar to the Rothschild version, but the two right hand figures are in somewhat different positions. A copy attributed to Leonardo Alenza was formerly in the collections of Serafin García de la Huerta, then of Marquis José de Salamanca, and then , and is now in the Pezzoli collection in Paris. Majas on a Balcony Majas on a Balcony (Spanish: "Las majas en el balcón") is an oil painting by Francisco Goya, completed between 1808 and 1814, while Spain was engaged in the state of conflict after the invasion of Napoleon's French forces. The painting in