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Yousuf Karsh

Canadian · 1908–2002 · Photographer

Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian-Canadian photographer, known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the… (Wikipedia)

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69lots offered2002–2026years recorded81%sold (54)$2.9kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Yousuf Karsh, Audrey Hepburn, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed laterAudrey HepburnPhillips · $27,500≈ £19,268≈ €24,165Sign up to see
  2. Winston ChurchillBrunk Auctions · $16,000≈ £12,652≈ €15,221Sign up to see
  3. Yousuf Karsh, Audrey Hepburn, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed laterAudrey HepburnPhillips · $15,000≈ £11,799≈ €13,306Sign up to see

Yousuf Karsh’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Lot images as published by each auction house (67 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

Yousuf Karsh, Ernest Hemingway, 1957, Gelatin silver print
Ernest Hemingway, 1957
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2026
$8,320Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, George Bernard Shaw, 1943, Gelatin silver print
George Bernard Shaw, 1943
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2026
$538Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Nikita Khrushchev, 1963, Gelatin silver print
Nikita Khrushchev, 1963
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2026
$538Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Winston Churchill, 1941, Gelatin silver print
Winston Churchill, 1941
Bonhams · Jul 14, 2026
$10,240Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Albert Einstein, 1948, Gelatin silver print
Albert Einstein, 1948
Bonhams · Apr 9, 2026
$1,920Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Tennessee Williams, 1956, Gelatin silver print
Tennessee Williams, 1956
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026
$1,664Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, The Roaring Lion (Portrait of Winston Churchill), 1941, vintage gelatin silver print
The Roaring Lion (Portrait of Winston Churchill), 1941
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 11, 2025
$4,826Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Estrelita Karsh, 1963, gelatin silver print
Estrelita Karsh, 1963
Rago Auctions · Jun 27, 2025
$264Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Untitled (Ansel Adams), unique Polaroid print
Untitled (Ansel Adams)
Rago Auctions · Jun 10, 2025
$1,397Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Untitled (Dr. Edwin Land), unique Polaroid print
Untitled (Dr. Edwin Land)
Rago Auctions · Jun 10, 2025
$1,080Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Harwell Hamilton Harris, 1944, vintage gelatin silver print
Harwell Hamilton Harris, 1944
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 30, 2025
$572Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956, Gelatin silver print
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
Bonhams · Apr 3, 2025
$3,840Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, The Roaring Lion (Portrait of Winston Churchill), gelatin silver print
The Roaring Lion (Portrait of Winston Churchill)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 4, 2025
$7,260Sign up free to see
Winston Churchill, 1941
Brunk Auctions · Dec 3, 2024
$16,000Sign up free to see
Ernest Hemingway, 1957
Brunk Auctions · Dec 3, 2024
$5,500Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Gravure, on Paper
Gravure
DuMouchelles · Oct 11, 2024
$90Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Pablo Casals, gelatin silver print
Pablo Casals
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 10, 2024
$983Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Portrait of Herman Wouk, 1983, gelatin silver print
Portrait of Herman Wouk, 1983
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 10, 2024
$63Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, President and Mrs. John Kennedy, 1961, Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
President and Mrs. John Kennedy, 1961
Lempertz · Jun 4, 2024
€1,386Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, The Roaring Lion, Silver gelatin on paper
The Roaring Lion
Clarke Auction Gallery · Jun 2, 2024
$2,800Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, gelatin silver print
Georgia O'Keeffe
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 8, 2024
$8,515Sign up free to see
Winston Churchill, 1941
Brunk Auctions · Oct 20, 2023
$7,500Sign up free to see
Clark Gable
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$400Sign up free to see
Winston Churchill, 1941
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$8,000Sign up free to see
Muhammad Ali, 1970
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$3,500Sign up free to see
Pablo Casals, 1954
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$3,000Sign up free to see
Ernest Hemingway
Brunk Auctions · Oct 13, 2022
$250Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, The Roaring Lion, 1941, gelatin silver print
The Roaring Lion, 1941
Rago Auctions · Sep 29, 2022
$2,600Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, John Walker, Photograph
John Walker
Clarke Auction Gallery · Nov 7, 2021
$350Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
Phillips · Oct 22, 2020
$8,820Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Douglas Leechman, First Director of the Glenbow Museum, black and white photograph on paper
Douglas Leechman, First Director of the Glenbow Museum
Levis Fine Art Auctions · Nov 30, 2019
CA$234Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
Phillips · Jun 7, 2019
$9,375Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Audrey Hepburn, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Audrey Hepburn, 1956
Phillips · Jun 7, 2019
$15,000Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Lincoln's Death Mask, Gelatin silver print
Lincoln's Death Mask
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 18, 2018
$1,188Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1956
Phillips · Oct 4, 2018
$4,375Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, The Roaring Lion, Turkey/USA
The Roaring Lion
Rago Auctions · Nov 11, 2017
$4,375Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Muhammad Ali, 1970, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Muhammad Ali, 1970
Phillips · Oct 3, 2017
$10,000Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Portrait of Edward Steichen, c.1966, silver gelatin print
Portrait of Edward Steichen, c.1966
Leonard Joel · Nov 10, 2016
A$800Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Audrey Hepburn, 1956, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Audrey Hepburn, 1956
Phillips · Apr 4, 2016
$27,500Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Sir Winston Churchill, 1941, Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1950s
Sir Winston Churchill, 1941
Bonhams · Jul 20, 2014
$1,250Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Pablo Picasso, 1954, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Pablo Picasso, 1954
Phillips · May 8, 2014
£5,625Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Ernest Hemingway, 1957, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Ernest Hemingway, 1957
Phillips · Apr 1, 2014
$7,500Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Joan Miró, 1965, Vintage gelatin silver print
Joan Miró, 1965
Lempertz · Nov 27, 2013
€2,196Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Winston Churchill, 1941, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Winston Churchill, 1941
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013
$8,125Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, The Windsors - 35 years later, Gelatin silver print
The Windsors - 35 years later
Lempertz · May 25, 2013
€1,342Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Le Corbusier, 1954, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Le Corbusier, 1954
Phillips · Apr 2, 2013
$2,500Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Joan Miró, 1965, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug
Joan Miró, 1965
Grisebach · Nov 28, 2012
€4,880Sign up free to see
Yousuf Karsh, Marian Anderson, 1945, Gelatin silver print
Marian Anderson, 1945
Bonhams · Sep 16, 2012
$63Sign up free to see

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Yousuf Karsh, Pr. Bernhard fotografeert zijn dochters
Pr. Bernhard fotografeert zijn dochters1943
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
Yousuf Karsh, Portret van Juliana, koningin der Nederlanden, Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Beatrix, koningin der Nederlanden, en Irene, prinses der Nederlanden
Portret van Juliana, koningin der Nederlanden, Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Beatrix, koningin der Nederlanden, en Irene, prinses der Nederlanden1941 - 1943
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
Yousuf Karsh, The Roaring Lion
The Roaring Lion1941
Library and Archives Canada ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Library and Archives Canada

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