Collection search - Personal photographs [graphic material] : Formerly Group 7

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Personal photographs [graphic material] : Formerly Group 7

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

ca. 1928-1993.

Reference:

R613-363-8-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

155497

Context of this record:

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Yousuf Karsh fonds

Personal photographs
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Series includes:

178 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

ca. 1928-1993.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

ca. 2500 photographs.

Language of material:

English

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This series contains the personal photographic collection of Yousuf Karsh, displaying the public events of the photographer in his public persona, although there are a few more personal items as well. The collection includes many portraits of Karsh by students at seminars, as well as some by other professional photographers. Also included are a few family photographs, images of Little Wings (Karsh's house south of Ottawa), and Yousuf Karsh as he works, as well as interior shots of the Sparks Street and Chateau Laurier studios. Some film work and North African assignment work is also included.

Finding aid:

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(Paper) This finding aid covers only the photographs in 1987-054. The finding aid has a separate listing of personal photographs. FA-197

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Arrangement note:

The volumes added to this Series only account for the material processed in 2023-2024; the rest of the Personal material remains attached at the fonds level.

Container note(s):

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701 : Portrait of Karsh by ? (D.R.?)
705 : "Gabalis' gift": photos of Yousuf, Estrellita Karsh, and Pierre Burton. Russia. India exhibit. Album to Karsh fr. T. Duncan Lindsay (with images of Karsh;appears same as images from R. Beny "A Virtual Odyssey" album).
702 : "A Visual Odyssey" by Roloff Beny: prints from the exhibition opening (?), with many including Karsh.
"15 Frozen Images by Shin Sugino" (sleeve of 15 original prints)
704 : 3 x 35mm (still rolled): Hawaii, Alaska, E. Karsh.
709 : Prints of exhibition space for "Karsh: the Art of the Portrait".

Source:

Private
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R613]

[Consultation 90 Open]

701--702;

[Consultation 90 Open]

704--705;

[Consultation 90 Open]

709;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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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.

Credit: Yousuf Karsh / Library and Archives Canada / copy number.

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