Exhibition
Yousuf Karsh & Edward Steichen
Yousuf Karsh, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), 3 November 1972, printed before September 1988. Gelatin silver print, 50.3 x 39.9 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989 © Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh, Winston Churchill (1874-1965), 30 December 1941, printed before September 1988. Gelatin silver print, 50.2 x 40.7 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989 © Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Edward Steichen, Maurice Chevalier, 1929. Gelatin silver print, 25.2 x 20.2 cm; image: 24.1 x 19.2 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Edward Steichen Bequest by direction of Joanna T. Steichen, New York, and the George Eastman House, Rochester, 1985
Edward Steichen, Lillian Gish (1899-1993), 27 January 1927. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 20.1 cm; image: 24.3 x 19.1 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Edward Steichen Bequest by direction of Joanna T. Steichen, New York, and the George Eastman House, Rochester, 1985
Yousuf Karsh, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), 3 November 1972, printed before September 1988. Gelatin silver print, 50.3 x 39.9 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Gift of the artist, Ottawa, 1989 © Estate of Yousuf Karsh
The McCord Museum of Montréal presents the exhibition Yousuf Karsh & Edward Steichen – The Art of the Celebrity Portrait, produced by the National Gallery of Canada. The public is invited to explore and enjoy a selection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh and Edward Steichen, two of the 20th century’s most renowned celebrity portraitists, in an impressive photographic exhibition.
Yousuf Karsh (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002), a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, was one of the most renowned celebrity portraitists of the 20th century. He immortalized more than 11,000 individuals and as many historic moments associated with each. Edward Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973), painter, photographer and a curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), stands as a key figure in the history of photography. He will long be remembered for his avant-garde fashion shots, published in such prestigious magazines as Vanity Fair and Vogue.
Until April 25
Musée McCord d’histoire canadienne
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montréal (Québec) H3A 1E9
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