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Artist
Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002
Sitter
John Hoyer Updike, 18 Mar 1932 - 27 Jan 2009
Date
1984
Type
Photograph
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
Image: 34.1 x 25.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/16")
Sheet: 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16")
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase
Architecture\Doorway
Interior\Domestic\Study
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
John Hoyer Updike: Male
John Hoyer Updike: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor
John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Writer\Poet
John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Writer\Novelist
John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Writer\Essayist
John Hoyer Updike: Literature\Literary critic
John Hoyer Updike: Pulitzer Prize
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh
