JOHN STEINBECK, portraits of the American writer, 1954 - Lot 158

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JOHN STEINBECK, portraits of the American writer, 1954 - Lot 158
JOHN STEINBECK, portraits of the American writer, 1954 2 photos by Yousuf Karsch, vintage silver prints Captioned (labels include photographer's name), stamped and annotated on backs Missing Dimensions: 25.5 x 20 cm Note: Portraits of John Steinbeck (1902-1968), a major American writer of the XXᵉ century, taken in 1954 by renowned portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002). Author of novels that have become classics of American literature such as Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Steinbeck is renowned for his stories devoted to the social realities of the United States during the Great Depression. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. These photographs are part of Karsh's series of portraits of numerous intellectual and artistic figures of the XXᵉ century, characterized by precise lighting and great psychological intensity. They bear witness to the iconography of the writer in the middle of his career, at a period of international recognition. Traces of handling (particularly on the borders) and label stuck in a corner of one photo.
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