YOUSUF KARSH (b. 1908)

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YOUSUF KARSH (b. 1908)

Pablo Picasso, 1954, printed later

Gelatin silver print, 23½ x 19½in., mounted on card, signed in ink on mount, matted, framed.
Literature
Karsh, Karsh, A Fifty-Year Retrospective, pl.121, illus.

Lot Essay

Picasso is seen here in his ceramic gallery in Vallauris. Karsh wrote of this sitting, ..the "old lion" not only kept his photographic appointment with me, but he was prompt and wore a new shirt. He could partially view himself in my large format lens, and intuitively moved to complete the composition.

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