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Call Number:

PH-01237

Collection Name:

Yousuf Karsh Photography Collection

Creator:

Karsh, Yousuf (1908 - 2002)

No. of Items:

4 photographs and 4 letters

Span Dates:

1941-1974

Description:

The collection consists of four photographs by Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002). Item-level information follows.

964:2011:0001 -- Albert Einstein, 11 February 1948. Gelatin silver print. Karsh sitting number 10104;
964:2011:0002 -- Winston Churchill, 30 December 1941. Gelatin silver print. Karsh sitting number 7748;
2005:0006:0001 -- Dr. Willard E. Goodwin, 18 December 1958. Gelatin silver print. Karsh sitting number 11733;
2009:0001:0002 -- Norman Mailer, 21 April 1974. Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14-inch format. Karsh sitting number 13603.

Also present are four typed signed letters to Goodwin from Karsh concerning the portrait (2005:0006:0002-0005).

Location(s):

Photo Coll. Manuscript Materials Box 1 (Correspondence 2005:0006:0002-0005)
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K Box, Large (2009:0001:0002)
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K-L Box, Small (964:2011:0001; 2005:0006:0001)
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K Box, Extra Large (964:2011:0002)
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See Also:

An additional portrait by Karsh is located in the Robertson Davies Literary File Photography Collection (P1).

Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram) Costain Literary File Photography Collection: Additional portraits by Karsh (P15A-P15B) are located in the Thomas B. (Thomas Bertram) Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02826).

George Bernard Shaw Literary File Photography Collection: Additional portraits by Karsh (957:0001:0071-0074, 0104, 0475-0479) are located in the George Bernard Shaw Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02722).

Albert Camus Literary File Photography Collection: Three portraits by Karsh (P1; 982:0016:0001-0002) are located in the Albert Camus Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02894).

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Literary File Photography Collection: Fifty-three portraits by Karsh are located in the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02651).

Edward Weeks Literary File Photography Collection: An additional portrait by Karsh is located in the Edward Weeks Literary File Photography Collection (980:0040:0016).