Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002). Winston Churchill, 1941. Gelatin silver, printed later. 19-3/4 x 15-3/4 inches (50.2...

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Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002)
Winston Churchill, 1941
Gelatin silver, printed later
19-3/4 x 15-3/4 inches (50.2 x 40 cm)
Signed in ink mount recto; titled and dated in pencil, with the photographer' stamp mount verso.

LITERATURE:
Karsh: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1983, p. 83;
N. Rosenblum, A World History of Photography, Abbeville Press, New York, 1984, p. 551.


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