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General Eisenhower

A work made of gelatin silver print.
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1946

Artist:

Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Yousuf Karsh

Title

General Eisenhower

Place

Canada (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1946

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "President Eisenhower"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 50.5 × 39 cm (19 15/16 × 15 3/8 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.9 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Yousuf Karsh

Reference Number

1953.314

Copyright

© Estate of Yousuf Karsh.

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