The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin

Yousuf Karsh (Canadian (born Armenia), Mardin 1908–2002 Boston, Massachusetts)

Date:: 1963
Medium:: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:: 31.0 x 25.2 cm. (12 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gift of Harry Kahn, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.1098.59
Rights and Reproduction:: © Yousuf Karsh

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Photographer's stamp in ink on print, verso LC: "COPYRIGHT // THE FOLLOWING CREDIT LINE MUST BE USED // [copyright symbol] KARSH, OTTAWA"; inscribed in pencil on print, verso UC: "Yuri Gagarin"; inscribed in pencil on print, verso LL: "2"
Provenance

Yousuf Karsh, via Jo Tartt
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