Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) In October 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years and the first Pope from Poland. This portrait shows him in the Vatican’s Hall of Tapestries. In the exhibition catalog Karsh: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, the artist reproduced a color photograph of the Pope from this session. Karsh was a devout Catholic. Around 1960 he published a series of books about the Mass, the Sacraments, Rome, and the Holy Land with the popular American Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Pope John Paul II
1979
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:
2009.0009.0004
Credit Line:
Gifted to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by Mrs. Yousuf Karsh in honor of Museum Director, Mark M. Johnson
Copyright:
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) In October 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years and the first Pope from Poland. This portrait shows him in the Vatican’s Hall of Tapestries. In the exhibition catalog Karsh: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, the artist reproduced a color photograph of the Pope from this session. Karsh was a devout Catholic. Around 1960 he published a series of books about the Mass, the Sacraments, Rome, and the Holy Land with the popular American Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
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