ARCA
1908 - 2002
Canadian
Churchill
gelatin silver print
signed and on verso stamped "No. P.O.Gr. / Karsh, Ottawa"
9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in, 23.5 x 19.1 cm
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CAD
Sold for: $6,250
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PROVENANCE
Acquired from the Artist by the Petroleum Service League of Calgary, 1964
Private Collection, Calgary
By descent to the Present 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 Lot is accompanied by a letter from Mrs. Joyce Large, Secretary to Yousuf Karsh, addressed to the Petroleum Service League of Calgary (1964).
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