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.
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