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Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Helen Keller (1880–1968) Keller became blind and deaf due to illness before she was two. At seven she began learning language through an alphabet spelled into her hand by her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Keller became the first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree. The pacifist and advocate for the blind and deaf, women’s rights, workers’ rights, and socialism wrote twelve books and numerous articles. Keller is shown with Polly Thompson, her assistant after the death of Sullivan. Karsh said the picture includes “not only that luminous, serene, yet vivid face, but those sensitive hands, together with the devoted concentration of her companion.”
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Helen Keller and Polly Thompson
1948
Object Type:
Photograph
Dimensions:
15 7/8 in. x 18 1/2 in. (40.32 cm x 46.99 cm)
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print on paper
Accession Number:
1996.0005.0005
Credit Line:
Gifted to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by the artist in honor of Museum Director, Mark M. Johnson
Copyright:
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Helen Keller (1880–1968) Keller became blind and deaf due to illness before she was two. At seven she began learning language through an alphabet spelled into her hand by her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Keller became the first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree. The pacifist and advocate for the blind and deaf, women’s rights, workers’ rights, and socialism wrote twelve books and numerous articles. Keller is shown with Polly Thompson, her assistant after the death of Sullivan. Karsh said the picture includes “not only that luminous, serene, yet vivid face, but those sensitive hands, together with the devoted concentration of her companion.”
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