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Nelson Mandela

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Item

Date:

June 17, 1990.

Reference:

R613-485-0-E, Volume number: 657, Box number: BOX 65, box 67

BAN no.:

1997-00153-5

Item no. (creator):

15191

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3574022

Context of this record:

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Yousuf Karsh fonds

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Nelson Mandela
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

June 17, 1990.

Place:

Ottawa, Ont.:

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph ; silver gelatin print; 49.5 x 39.8 cm on sheet 50.3 x 40.6 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine
Image 49.500 x 39.800 cm
Support 50.300 x 40.600 cm

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a photograph of Nelson Mandela (1918-).
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Photographer: Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
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General note:

Nelson Mandela led the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and endured 27 years as a political prisoner. Four months after his release, Mandela travelled to Canada to address a joint session of Parliament, and was photographed by Karsh.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Karsh in London: Photographs from the National Archives of Canada/Karsh à Londres: Photographies Tirées de la Collection des Archives Nationales du Canada. Curator: Michael Regan, Canada House Gallery, Canadian High Commission, MacDonald House, London, England; 1998.05.13 - 1998.08.28, Karsh: Image Maker. Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada and the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario; 2009.06.12- 2009.09.12., Further Venue: Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 2010.01.30-2010.05.30

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Private
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R613] 657

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [1997-00153-5]

[Consultation 90 Open]

BOX 65;

[Consultation 90 Open]

box 67;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative C-144974

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Yousuf Karsh, Library and Archives Canada, Arch ref. no. R613-485, C-144974, e010752172
Restrictions on use: For items in copyright: for private study and research purposes, Library and Archives Canada will provide only colour or black and white photographs up to an 8x10 in. format. The photographs will be blindstamped or embossed. For exhibition loans, please contact Loans and Exhibitions, Library and Archives Canada, 550 De la Cité Boulevard, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0N4. For public, commercial, or other uses contact: www.karsh.org.
Copyright: Estate of Yousuf Karsh

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