Karsh: A Fifty-year Retrospective
by Yousuf Karsh
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press. , 1983. Edition: Signed Edition. , Binding: contemporary full red cloth over board, title in gilt on flat spine and upper board., Notes: Yousuf Karsh (1908 – 2002), was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century., Size: Small oblong folio, , Illustration: Illustrated with over 200 photographs by Karsh; including “a glowering Churchill” (his trademark cigar having been just snatched out of his mouth), a beaming Khruschev peeking out from a massive fur coat, a serene Helen Keller reading a book of Braille with quiet delight, a pensive Tennessee Williams at his typewriter, an impish Margaret O'Brien yanking at her pigtails. Karsh's portraits of fellow artists--especially sculptors and architects--are among his most sensitive and intuitive.
, Category: Book Canada; Book Photographic Album;
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B6327
- Title
- Karsh: A Fifty-year Retrospective
- Author
- Yousuf Karsh
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Book Canada; Book Photographic Album;
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