Yousuf Karsh

mounted, signed in ink on the mount, with title and credit in pencil and a collection stamp on the reverse, 1956, printed later (Karsh, p. 111)

Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

This print is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, a small scratch that may break the emulsion slightly is visible near the upper left corner of the image. Upon very close inspection, a few chips, with some attendant loses of emulsion, are visible at the edges of the print. Some excess mounting tissue is visible along the edges of the print. On the front of the mount are are a few tan deposits, possibly foxing, and two brown deposits of indeterminate nature. On the reverse of the mount, the collection stamp reads: 'From the collection of MR. AND MRS. SPENCER D. STONE Toledo, Ohio.' The reverse of the mount is lightly soiled, and there are linen tape remnants or light abrasions at the corners. Also on the reverse, '2814' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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