Yousuf Karsh

(Carmel: Weston Gallery, 1991, an edition of 50), a portfolio of 15 oversized photographs, each mounted, signed in ink and editioned '19/50' in pencil on the mount, title and date in pencil on the reverse, 1948-90, printed in 1991; together with printed title, plate list in duplicate, and colophon. Elephant folio, taupe linen clamshell box with blindstamped leather label 

These prints are in generally excellent condition. Some of the prints have very tiny chips at the print edges and corners. The plates are as follows: 'Jean-Louis Barrault' 'Max Ernst' - There is a thin excess of dry-mounting tissue on the mount at the periphery of the print's left edge. 'Alberto Giacometti' 'Martha Graham' - There is a small, soft impression in the sitter's shoulder. 'Jasper Johns' - There are a few stray deposits, possibly ink, on the reverse of the mount. 'Anna Magnani' - There is a small deposit of retouching in the left portion of the image, in the sitter's sweater. 'Somerset Maugham' - The lower right corner of the print is very lightly creased. 'François Mauriac' - There are minor abrasions to the reverse of the mount along the lower edge. 'Ludwig Mies van der Rohe' 'Isamu Noguchi' 'Rudolph Nureyev' - There are a few small deposits of retouching in the sitter's sleeves. 'Man Ray' 'Andy Warhol' 'Tennessee Williams' - There is a small raised area near the sitter's sleeve, likely a particle trapped between the print and the mount during dry-mounting. 'Frank Lloyd Wright' The portfolio case and front matter are in generally excellent condition. There is some very light soiling on the cover.
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The plates are as follows:

Frank Lloyd Wright

Somerset Maugham

Max Ernst

François Mauriac

Rudolph Nureyev

Jean-Louis Barrault

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Anna Magnani

Jasper Johns

Martha Graham

Alberto Giacometti

Man Ray

Andy Warhol

Tennessee Williams

Isamu Noguchi