Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) Kennedy was the youngest man and first Roman Catholic elected President. Educated at Harvard, he captained a patrol torpedo (PT) boat in World War II. He served in the House of Representatives (1947–1953) and as Massachusetts’ junior senator (1953–1961) while authoring several books, including Profiles in Courage, which won a Pulitzer Prize (1957). Karsh portrayed the presidential candidate and his running mate, Lyndon Johnson, in the Senate Office Building. Kennedy glanced at Johnson when he entered the room and Karsh captured Kennedy’s expression as he viewed the man who would succeed him as president upon his assassination in 1963.
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
John F. Kennedy
1960
Object Type:
Photograph
Dimensions:
20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print on paper
Accession Number:
2013.0005.0034
Credit Line:
Gift of Estrellita Karsh, in honor of Mark M. Johnson, and in memory of Yousuf Karsh
Copyright:
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) Kennedy was the youngest man and first Roman Catholic elected President. Educated at Harvard, he captained a patrol torpedo (PT) boat in World War II. He served in the House of Representatives (1947–1953) and as Massachusetts’ junior senator (1953–1961) while authoring several books, including Profiles in Courage, which won a Pulitzer Prize (1957). Karsh portrayed the presidential candidate and his running mate, Lyndon Johnson, in the Senate Office Building. Kennedy glanced at Johnson when he entered the room and Karsh captured Kennedy’s expression as he viewed the man who would succeed him as president upon his assassination in 1963.
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
Portfolio List
Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios:
Your current search criteria is: Portfolio is "Classification: Photograph" and [Object]Display Artist is "Yousuf Karsh".