Yousuf Karsh (Canadian, 1908-2002), Jean-Louis Barrault

Gelatin silver print, negative 1949, later printing, signed at the lower left, framed below glass.

Sight size 22 5/8 x 18 in.; Frame dimensions 24 5/8 x 20 in.

Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian-Canadian photographer celebrated for his dramatic, meticulously lit portraits of world leaders, artists, and thinkers, including Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, and Albert Einstein. His distinctive style—combining precise composition and revealing light—captured the dignity and inner strength of his subjects. Karsh’s portraits appeared on the covers of Life, Time, and Newsweek, and his work is held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Portrait Gallery.

Some light grime trapped below the glass, some bubbling to the sheet, not examined outside the frame.