ONLINE AUCTION
Works on Paper
7th session

May 01 - May 29, 2025

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This session is closed for bidding.
Current bid: $14,000 CAD
Bidding History
Paddle # Date Amount

920554 29-May-2025 06:59:36 PM $14,000

872920 29-May-2025 06:55:37 PM $13,000

920554 29-May-2025 06:44:19 PM $12,000

872920 18-May-2025 03:45:47 PM $11,000

871314 18-May-2025 03:43:29 PM $10,000

872920 18-May-2025 03:38:27 PM $9,500

871314 18-May-2025 03:38:19 PM $9,000 AutoBid

872920 18-May-2025 03:38:19 PM $8,500

871314 18-May-2025 03:38:10 PM $8,000 AutoBid

872920 18-May-2025 03:38:10 PM $7,500

871314 18-May-2025 03:37:58 PM $7,000 AutoBid

872920 18-May-2025 03:37:58 PM $6,500

871314 18-May-2025 03:37:42 PM $6,000 AutoBid

872920 18-May-2025 03:37:42 PM $5,500

871314 14-May-2025 11:37:57 PM $5,000 AutoBid

The bidding history list updated on: Friday, June 20, 2025 07:26:16

LOT 815

ARCA
1908 - 2002
Canadian

Churchill
gelatin silver print
signed on the affixed backing board and on verso dated 1941, inscribed "K.P." and stamped Copyright Yousuf Karsh
19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in, 49.5 x 39.4 cm

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CAD

Sold for: $17,500

Preview at: Heffel Calgary - 220 Manning Road NE, Unit 1080

PROVENANCE
Folio Gallery Inc., Calgary
Private Collection, Alberta

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, International Center of Photography, 1983, reproduced page 38
James Borcoman et al., Karsh: The Art of the Portrait, National Gallery of Canada, 1989, reproduced as the title page
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


The verso inscription "K.P." refers to the 1977 publication, Karsh Portraits, which included Karsh's famed Churchill image.


All prices are in Canadian Dollars


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