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Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002)
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Yousuf Karsh
Marc Chagall
Weston Gallery, Inc.

Yousuf Karsh
George Bernard Shaw
Weston Gallery, Inc.

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Ernest Hemingway
1957
Weston Gallery, Inc.

Yousuf Karsh
Alberto Giacometti
1965
Weston Gallery, Inc.

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Albert Einstein
1941
Weston Gallery, Inc.

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Pablo Casals
Weston Gallery, Inc.

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Yousuf Karsh
Fifteen Portraits Portfolio (15 works w/colophon, various sizes), 1983
sold: Apr 26, 2006
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Fifteen portraits, 1948-1972
sold: Oct 17, 2003
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Yousuf Karsh
Fifteen portraits (portfolio of 15), 1948-1972
sold: Mar 30, 2009
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Yousuf Karsh Biography

Yousuf Karsh was born in Mardin, Armenia in December of 1908. During his childhood, Karsh witnessed the horrific Armenian massacres. In 1924, he was taken to Canada by his uncle where he was schooled in Quebec and afterward was an apprentice to the photographer, John Garo of Boston. In 1932, Karsh settled in Ottawa where he began his professional career. In 1943, Karsh was asked by the Canadian government to go to England to begin work on an international portfolio of world figures.

Karsh has been awarded honorary degrees from more than two dozen universities, Ohio University appointed him Visiting Professor in the School of Fine Arts, and Emerson University also appointed him visiting professor. He was awarded the Canada Council Medal in 1965; the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada in 1968; the Medal of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; Honorary Master of Photographic Arts (Professional Photographers of Canada); Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain; and in 1971, the Presidential Citation (U.S.A.) for meritorious service on behalf of the handicapped. He has also been made a Companion of the Order of Canada (Canada's highest civilian honor). Karsh has presented a major collection to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

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Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002)

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