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Artist
Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002
Sitter
W. H. Auden, 21 Feb 1907 - 28 Sep 1973
Date
1972
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 27.9 x 20.4 cm (11 x 8 1/16")
Sheet: 35.3 x 27.5 cm (13 7/8 x 10 13/16")
Mount: 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13")
Topic
Exterior\Garden
W. H. Auden: Male
W. H. Auden: Literature\Writer\Poet
W. H. Auden: Literature\Writer\Playwright
W. H. Auden: Pulitzer Prize
Portrait
Place
United Kingdom\England\Greater London\London
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh