ARCA
1908 - 2002
Canadian
Helen Keller with Polly Thompson
gelatin silver print, 1948
signed and on verso numbered 22 and stamped with the Karsh studio stamp
10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in, 26.7 x 31.7 cm
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 CAD
Sold for: $1,375
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Winnipeg
LITERATURE
Yousuf Karsh, A Fifty-Year Retrospective, 1983, page 70, same image reproduced page 70
Yousuf Karsh wrote, "On first looking into her blind but seeing eyes, I said to myself of this woman who had no sight or hearing since the age of three, 'Her light comes from within.' She placed her marvelously sensitive fingers on my face when we met. This was, for me, an emotional experience. I sensed she already knew me. Her faithful companion, Polly Thompson, dialed Braille into her palm."
Please note: this work is unframed.
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