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Laurence Olivier by Yousuf Karsh — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver print
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

1954

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 49 × 39.5 cm (19 5/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.8 cm (28 1/16 × 22 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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portraits: actorphotographic techniquesportraits: male subjectphotographyportraits: subject from Great Britaingelatin silver printphotographic processesblack-and-white photographyportraitportraits: directorphotographphotographic paperportraits

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