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Artist
Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002
Sitter
Edward Roscoe Murrow, 25 Apr 1908 - 27 Apr 1965
Date
1956
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 60.1 × 50.5 cm (23 11/16 × 19 7/8")
Mount: 76.2 × 60.9 cm (30 × 24")
Mat (Karsh exhibit): 81.3 × 66 cm (32 × 26")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette
Home Furnishings\Television
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Male
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Politics and Government\Government official
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Television
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Radio
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Journalism and Media\Broadcast journalist\Newscaster
Edward Roscoe Murrow: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh