Lot 59
  • 59

Yousuf Karsh

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Yousuf Karsh
  • 'GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 19 3/4 x 16 inches
mounted, signed in ink on the mount, credit, title, and date in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1956, printed later (Karsh, p. 111)

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. Thin surface scratches in the lower left quadrant and a few deposits of original retouching are visible only in raking light. There is very minor wear and tiny chipping at the print edges. On the reverse of the mount, 'Hadden' and '2802' are written in an unidentified hand in ink and pencil.
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