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Ottawa, Canada: Yousuf Karsh, 1943. Photograph. This is a striking Second World War photographic portrait of one of the of the most enduring leaders of the first half of the twentieth century, captured by one of the most famous portrait photographers of the second half of the twentieth century, signed by both Jan Smuts and Yousuf Karsh. This exceptional, large gelatin silver print of Karshs 1943 portrait of Smuts is printed on a 12 x 15.5 inches (30.5 x 39.4 cm) sheet of matte photo paper backed with heavy card, the image measuring 10.5 x 13.5 inches (26.7 x 34.3 cm). Smuts signed in black across the back of his left hand J. Smuts | F.M. (Field Marshal). Karsh signed in white at the lower left © Y Karsh | Ottawa. Condition is very good, eminently frameable, with only trivial wear to the edges of the white margins and a few insignificant blemishes to the image. A similar portrait of Smuts in the National Portrait Gallery, presumably taken during the same sitting, is attributed to 1943,…
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Yousuf Karsh's striking Second World War photographic portrait of South African Prime Minister and global statesman Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, signed by both Karsh and Smuts
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