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Image of Pablo Casals

Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002

Pablo Casals

1954

Object Type: Photograph
Dimensions:
39 5/16 in. x 29 1/8 in. (99.85 cm x 73.98 cm)
Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print on paper
Accession Number: 1996.0005.0001

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


Pablo Casals (1876–1973) The second day of Karsh’s portrait session with the elderly Spanish cellist was set in an ancient, barren abbey near his tiny home. One bare light bulb and the photographer’s strobe lights were the only illumination save a glimmer from a single, small, high window in the stone walls. Karsh studied Casals’ hands and face while he played, eyes closed, deep in concentration. Then he decided to photograph the musician from the back, immersed in the dark, cold, stone interior that throbbed, as Karsh said, “with music only he can play.”

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