Name/Title
YOUSUF KARSH - Marshall McLuhan, 1974Description
YOUSUF KARSH
• Print Title: Marshall McLuhan, 1974
• Personally signed by Photographer
• Portfolio Limited edition 39/1000 (only the first 50 were hand signed by the photographer, the rest have printed facsimile
signature)
• Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) was a Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual. He is known for coining the expression "the medium is the message" and the term global village, and for predicting the World Wide Web almost 30 years before it was invented. He was a fixture in media discourse in the late 1960s, though his influence began to wane in the early 1970s. In the years after his death, he continued to be a controversial figure in academic circles. With the arrival of the Internet and the World Wide Web interest was
renewed in his work and perspective.
• Medium: Sheet-fed Gravure
• Printing Date: 1970's
• Printed in Switzerland
• Image Size approx: 13 × 10 inches
Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) was an Armenian-Canadian portrait photographer, considered one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. His recognizable portraits include icons of Hollywood, art, literature, and politics. He has been called one of the great portrait photographers of the 20th century by Time magazine and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the latter noting the "distinct style in his theatrical lighting".Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Sheet Fed GravureAcquisition
Acquisition Method
AuctionAmount Paid
$245.00Date
Mar 24, 2020Acquired From
Jasper52Create Date
June 5, 2024Update Date
September 16, 2024