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Artists›Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh

1908–2002

WA-00016955

Photography

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

240

Works in Collection

256

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ312859

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

No image

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

No image

The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Music and Musicians

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947–1948

Field Verification (7 fields)

1 cross-verified · 6 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
LocationWikidata· 80%
Death yearWikidata· 70%
Profile imageWikidata· 70%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3006
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (240)

Nelson Mandela

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.5 × 39 cm (19 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.8 cm (28 1/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jessye Norman

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 60 × 45 cm (23 5/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Mount: 76.3 × 61 cm (30 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kurt Vonnegut

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 59.9 × 48.9 cm (23 5/8 × 19 5/16 in.); Mount: 76.2 × 61 cm (30 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jasper Johns

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 59.7 × 50 cm (23 9/16 × 19 11/16 in.); Mount: 76.3 × 61.2 cm (30 1/16 × 24 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mikhail Gorbachev

1990 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.2 cm (14 × 10 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Berenice Abbott

1989 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.1 × 37.1 cm (19 3/8 × 14 5/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother Theresa

1988 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28 × 21.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marguerite Yourcenar

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.3 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.9 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

1981 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.3 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.); Mount: 71.3 × 56 cm (28 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Buckminster Fuller

1980 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.5 × 39.5 cm (19 1/2 × 15 9/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Isamu Noguchi

1980 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.6 × 39.7 cm (19 9/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Claudio Arrau

1980 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 33.8 × 26.5 cm (13 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 50.8 × 40.5 cm (20 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Andy Warhol

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.5 × 39.5 cm (19 1/2 × 15 9/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pope John Paul II

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49 × 39.1 cm (19 5/16 × 15 7/16 in.); Mount: 71.3 × 55.9 cm (28 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I. M. Pei

1979 · Gelatin silver print

33.8 × 26.2 cm (image/paper); 50.9 × 40.6 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ansel Adams

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50 × 40.4 cm (19 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Robertson Davies

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.2 × 40.3 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rudolph Nureyev

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 26 × 33.5 cm (10 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 1/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dr. Helen Taussig

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.2 × 40.2 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Mount: 71.3 × 56 cm (28 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

H.R.H. Prince Charles

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.4 × 39.7 cm (19 1/2 × 15 11/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.9 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marshall McLuhan

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.2 × 40.3 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Mount: 71.3 × 55.9 cm (28 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jacques Cousteau

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.4 × 40.3 cm (19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 56 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

W. H. Auden

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.2 × 40.2 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Mount: 71.3 × 56 cm (28 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Henry Moore

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.1 × 40.4 cm (19 3/4 × 15 15/16 in.); Mount: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

240 published of 244 catalogued · 228 with image

Art Institute Chicago
226 published226 img
The Met
7 published
MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Portret van Juliana, koningin der Nederlanden, Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Beatrix, koningin der Nederlanden, en Irene, prinses der Nederlanden
1941 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Prins Bernhard fotografeert zijn dochters Beatrix en Irene in Ottawa, Canada
1943 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Portret van Juliana, koningin der Nederlanden, Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Beatrix, koningin der Nederlanden, en Irene, prinses der Nederlanden (1941 - 1943)

Rijksmuseum

Prins Bernhard fotografeert zijn dochters Beatrix en Irene in Ottawa, Canada (1943)

Rijksmuseum

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Photography

Collections5

Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Selected Credits

4 total

1969Portrait Photographs — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1958Photographs from the Museum Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1949The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1947Music and Musicians — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

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