Karsh, the art of the portrait : essays / by James Borcoman [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 1989.Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 088884591X
  • 9780888845917
  • 0888846002
  • 9780888846006
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Karsh, the art of the portrait.DDC classification:
  • 770/.92 20
  • 779/.2/0924 19
LOC classification:
  • TR575 .K34 1989
  • NH32.K37 K37 1989
Contents:
The art of the portrait / James Borcoman -- The psychological portrait / Estelle Jussim -- The portraitist at work / Philip J. Pocock -- The Karsh collection / Lilly Koltun.
Summary: "This volume offers readers new insights into the full range of the life and work of this internationally acclaimed Canadian photographer and portraitist. Following an exploration of the art of the Karsh photograph by James Borcoman, curator of the Karsh exhibition, art historian Estelle Jussim discusses the 'psychological portrait' in the work of Karsh and his contemporaries, photographer Philip J. Pocock outlines the biographical, historical, and social context within which Karsh carried out his profession, and archivist Lilly Koltun describes the Karsh Collection, purchased by the National Archives of Canada in 1987 and comprising some 355,000 negatives, prints, and transparencies.
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"Produced in collaboration with the National Archives of Canada."

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Karsh: The Art of the Portrait, organized by the National Gallery of Canada in collaboration with the National Archives of Canada, and presented in Ottawa from 29 June to 4 September 1989"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.

"This volume offers readers new insights into the full range of the life and work of this internationally acclaimed Canadian photographer and portraitist. Following an exploration of the art of the Karsh photograph by James Borcoman, curator of the Karsh exhibition, art historian Estelle Jussim discusses the 'psychological portrait' in the work of Karsh and his contemporaries, photographer Philip J. Pocock outlines the biographical, historical, and social context within which Karsh carried out his profession, and archivist Lilly Koltun describes the Karsh Collection, purchased by the National Archives of Canada in 1987 and comprising some 355,000 negatives, prints, and transparencies.

The art of the portrait / James Borcoman -- The psychological portrait / Estelle Jussim -- The portraitist at work / Philip J. Pocock -- The Karsh collection / Lilly Koltun.

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