Novelist Yosunari Kawabata
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
19 5/8 x 16 in
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh, Be-Hold (48 / 226)
LL/15365 [Further details available]
1 of 48
Sir Laurence Olivier
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
9.4 x 7.5
Andrew Smith Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/2424
2 of 48
Sir Winston Churchill, London
1941
Gelatin silver print, enlargement, on warm-toned matte surface paper
8 x 6
Galerie Zur Stockeregg
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/4482
3 of 48
Winston Churchill
1941
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
Peter Fetterman Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/504
4 of 48
Winston Churchill
1941 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print, sepia-toned
9 x 6 3/4 ins (22.9x17.1 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, April 20, 2017, #2443, Lot: 99
LL/74133
5 of 48
George Bernard Shaw
1943
Silver print
19 3/4 x 15 1/2 in (50.1 x 39.3 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh, Swann Galleries (Auction, May 22, 2007, #2115, Lot 346)
LL/19272 [Further details available]
6 of 48
George Bernard Shaw
1943 (taken) 1950s (late) - 1960s (early, print)
Gelatin silver print
13 x 11 in (33 x 27.9 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh, Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 197)
LL/33442 [Further details available]
7 of 48
Portrait of Tony Venti
1944 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of the Venti Family
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/33964
8 of 48
Self-Portrait with negative of Peggy Cummins
1946
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/116635
9 of 48
Portrait of Lilly Daché
1948 (taken) 1979 (print)
Silver print
11 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2311, Lot 128
LL/50287
10 of 48
Jean Sibelius
1949
Gelatin silver print
24 x 20
Andrew Smith Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/2428
11 of 48
The painter George Braque (1882-1963)
1949
Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
22.8 x 18.4 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh, Galerie Bassenge auction (17 June 2009, Sale 93, Lot 4443)
LL/32520 [Further details available]
12 of 48
Albert Einstein
1950
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Peter Fetterman Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/505
13 of 48
Dr. Alfred Blalock
1950
Gelatin silver print
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/98399 [Further details available]
14 of 48
Pablo Picasso
1950 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
Peter Fetterman Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/507
15 of 48
Vancouver Night Lights
1950s
Photograph, unretouched scan
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/115926
16 of 48
Albert Schweitzer
1954
Gelatin silver print
9.4 x 7.5
Andrew Smith Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/2395
17 of 48
Alfred Cortot
1954
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Sitting number: 11045
LL/115826
18 of 48
John Ernst Steinbeck
1954
Gelatin silver print
19.75 x 15.8
Andrew Smith Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/2387
19 of 48
Josip Broz Tito
1954
Gelatin silver print
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/98400
20 of 48
Georgia O'Keefe
1956
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
Peter Fetterman Gallery
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/506
21 of 48
Igor Stravinsky
1956
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Sitting number: 11313
LL/115824
22 of 48
Igor Stravinsky
1956
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Sitting number: 11313
LL/115823
23 of 48
Glenn Gould
1957
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/115821
24 of 48
Lerner and Loewe
1959
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Sitting number: 11798
LL/115828
25 of 48
Estrellita Karsh [Wife of Yousuf Karsh]
1960s (early)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/8 x 8 in
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh, Be-Hold (46 / 208)
LL/8147
26 of 48
Man Ray (1890-1976)
1965, 29 March (taken) 1987 (print)
Gelatin silver print
50 x 40.3 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30271, © 29 March 1965 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63675
27 of 48
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
1965, 29 September (taken) 1987 (print)
Gelatin silver print
40.4 x 47.5 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30263, © 29 September 1965 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63677
28 of 48
Edward Steichen (1879-1973)
1967 (taken) 1988, September (before, print)
Gelatin silver print
27.7 x 21.3 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30297, © 1967 Yousuf Karsh
LL/6727
29 of 48
Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993)
1968, 21 July (taken) 1988, Sept (before, print)
Gelatin silver print
35.2 x 27.5 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30293, © 21 July 1968 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63683
30 of 48
Roman Vishniac (1897-1990)
1971, 22 Feb (taken) 1988, Sept (before, print)
Gelatin silver print
50.1 x 39.4 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30338, © 22 February 1971 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63690
31 of 48
Marc Chagall
1977
Silver Gelatin print
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh and of the National Gallery of Canada
LL/6717
32 of 48
Ansel Adams (1902-1984)
1977, 20 July (taken) 1987 (print)
Gelatin silver print
49.9 x 40.4 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30257, © 20 July 1977 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63708
33 of 48
Andy Warhol
1979, 27 November (taken) 1987 (print)
Gelatin silver print
50.2 x 40.3 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30277, © 27 November 1979 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63710
34 of 48
Claudio Arrau
1980
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Sitting number: 14276
LL/115825
35 of 48
Self portrait of Yousuf Karsh
1980 (ca)
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/26036
36 of 48
Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986)
1981, 24 March (taken) 1988, Sept (before, print)
Gelatin silver print
49.8 x 40.6 cm
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989, No. 30320, © 24 March 1981 Yousuf Karsh
LL/63737 [Further details available]
37 of 48
Bernstein
1985
Photograph
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/115822
38 of 48
Signature on a self portrait of Yousuf Karsh
1980 (ca) 1992 (signature)
Signature
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/27511
39 of 48
Studio stamp for Karsh
n.d.
Studio stamp
Private collection
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/21792
40 of 48
Back of dust jacket cover for for Karsh, 1962, In Search Of Greatness: Reflections of Yousuf Karsh, (1st U.S. edition)
1962
Book cover, back
Private collection of Laurie Minor
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/31487
41 of 48
Book cover for Karsh, 1962, In Search Of Greatness: Reflections of Yousuf Karsh, (1st U.S. edition)
1962
Book cover
Private collection of Laurie Minor
Courtesy of the estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/31486
42 of 48
Canadian passport for Yousef Karsh
n.d.
Passport
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/92049
43 of 48
Canadian $2.50 postage stamp Yousuf Karsh, Grey Owl, 1936
1936 (taken) 2016, 13 April (stamp issued)
Postage stamp
CanadaPost
LL/87441 [Further details available]
44 of 48
Canadian passport for Yousef Karsh
1943 (issued)
Passport
The Estate of Yousuf Karsh
LL/119724
45 of 48
British stamps issued to commemorate the centenary of birth of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister. The stamps' design is based on the photograph taken in 1941 by Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908 - 2002)
1965, 8 July (date of issue)
Postage stamp
Private collection of Krzysztof Slowinski
LL/37663 [Further details available]
46 of 48
Stamp issued on Jersey to commemorate the centenary of birth of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister. The stamp's design is based on the photograph taken in 1941 by Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002).
1974, 31 July (date of issue)
Postage stamp
Private collection of Krzysztof Slowinski
LL/37667 [Further details available]
47 of 48
First day cover of an Indian postage stamp celebrating Albert Einstein
1979, 14 March (First day cover)
Envelope
Private collection of Stuart Klipper
LL/73808
48 of 48
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