Yousuf Karsh
Somerset Maugham

Somerset Maugham

© Estate of Yousuf Karsh

Somerset Maugham
Somerset Maugham
ArtistCanadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Somerset Maugham
Date1950, printed 1991
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 23 1/4 × 19 3/8 in. (59.1 × 49.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/4 × 19 3/8 in. (59.1 × 49.2 cm)
Mount: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Estrellita Karsh in honor of Dr. Malcolm Daniel and in memory of Yousuf Karsh
Object number2014.1031.7
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 2002; by inheritance to his wife, Estrellita Karsh, 2002; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right below image in pencil: 14/50
verso bottom center in pencil: SOMERSET MAUGHAM[surname underlined] / 1950
bottom left below image in ink: Karsh

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