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Artists›Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh

1908–2002

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240

Works in Collection

256

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Music and Musicians

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947–1948

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Artworks (240)

Nelson Mandela

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.5 × 39 cm (19 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.8 cm (28 1/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jessye Norman

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 60 × 45 cm (23 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Mount: 76.3 × 61 cm (30 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kurt Vonnegut

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 59.9 × 48.9 cm (23 5/8 × 19 5/16 in.); Mount: 76.2 × 61 cm (30 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jasper Johns

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 59.7 × 50 cm (23 9/16 × 19 11/16 in.); Mount: 76.3 × 61.2 cm (30 1/16 × 24 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mikhail Gorbachev

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.2 cm (14 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Berenice Abbott

1989 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.1 × 37.1 cm (19 3/8 × 14 5/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother Theresa

1988 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marguerite Yourcenar

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.3 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.9 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Portret van Juliana, koningin der Nederlanden, Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Beatrix, koningin der Nederlanden, en Irene, prinses der Nederlanden (1941 - 1943)

Rijksmuseum

Prins Bernhard fotografeert zijn dochters Beatrix en Irene in Ottawa, Canada (1943)

Rijksmuseum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Selected Credits

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1969Portrait Photographs — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1958Photographs from the Museum Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1949The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1947Music and Musicians — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

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