Collection search - Cecil B. de Mille

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Cecil B. de Mille

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Item

Date:

21 Mar. 1956

Reference:

R613-721-8-E, Box number: KAR 613

Item no. (creator):

11314-22

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3559396

Context of this record:

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Yousuf Karsh fonds

Karsh studio photographic records

Five hundred series of premium prints, negatives and colour transparencies

Cecil B. de Mille
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Date(s):

21 Mar. 1956

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph : silver gelatin print ; 32.8 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 42.8 x 35.5 cm.
Image 32.800 x 26.100 cm
Support 55.800 x 45.000 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Item consists of a photograph of Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959).

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Photographer: Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002

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(Paper) FA- 197 Reference Room (90: Open)

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General note:

Karsh created two distinct iconic portraits to represent the imposing persona of the legendary Hollywood director. Karsh evokes DeMille's epic production of "The Ten Commandments" (1956) by presenting him as the literal visionary behind the camera.

Exhibitions note:

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, Exhibition Title: Yousuf Karsh - Portraits. Curator: Catherine Bédard. Théâtre de la Photographie et de l'Image Charles Nègre, Nice, France; 2006.09.13 - 2006.11.19
Further Venue: Centre culturel canadien de Paris, Paris, France; 2006.11.30 - 2007.02.03

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Signed, recto l.l.: Karsh

Series added entry:

Group 4

Subject heading:

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1987-054 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

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

Box [KARSH, YOUSUF 1987-054] KAR 613

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1987-054 NPC] PA-195864

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Yousuf Karsh / Library and Archives Canada / Arch ref. no. R613-721/ PA-195864, e010751715
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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