ARCA
1908 - 2002
Canadian
Winston Churchill, 1941
gelatin silver print
signed and inscribed "Ottawa" and on verso inscribed with the gallery inventory "SBG-YK-0007-O"
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in, 34.3 x 26.7 cm
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CAD
Sold for: $4,688
Preview at: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto – by appointment only
PROVENANCE
Mirvish Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
LITERATURE
Yousuf Karsh, Portraits of Greatness, 1959, reproduced page 45
Yousuf Karsh, In Search of Greatness, 1962, reproduced page 20
Yousuf Karsh, A Fifty-Year Retrospective, 1983, reproduced page 38
Yousuf Karsh, Dieter Vorsteher et al, Yousuf Karsh: Heroes of Light and Shadow, 2001, reproduced page 47
Yousuf Karsh and Jerry Field, Karsh: A Biography in Images, 2003, reproduced page 71
Yousuf Karsh and David Travis, Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes, 2009, reproduced page 21 and 53
Yousuf Karsh and David Travis, Karsh: Beyond the Camera, 2012, reproduced page 25 and front cover
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On December 30, 1941, following Winston Churchill’s address to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Yousuf Karsh was given a two-minute window to take Churchill’s photograph. Churchill left the House of Commons Chamber and marched into the anteroom where his portrait was to be taken. Karsh describes how Churchill’s expression was perfect for the photograph, except for the cigar dangling from his mouth. Karsh spontaneously pulled the cigar from Churchill’s lips, which only strengthened Churchill’s grimace; in that moment Karsh captured this image, which is regarded as one of his most iconic works. The gravitas of Churchill’s personality was immortalized in this photograph. Recently, The Bank of England chose this photograph of Churchill to appear on the front of its all-new polymer banknote, which is now in circulation across the United Kingdom.
This work was printed circa 1955. This work is mounted to a board which measures 22 x 15 ¾ inches.
Please note: this work is unframed.
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