The Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) and the French Cultural Center co-sponsored a one night only exhibition of the French Cultural Center's collection of original photographs by Yousouf Karsh and a small traveling exhibit produced by ALMA, "Armenie, Mon Amie: The French-Armenian Connection" which included an original Armenian alphabet from the French Encyclopedia and antique Armenian needle lace ('tserakordz'). [See Marash Girl's posts on the Yousuf Karsh exhibit at ALMA] The event, held on Wednesday evening, March 21, 2012, at the French Cultural Center on Newbury Street in Boston's historic Back Bay had a 'standing room' only crowd, [even though there was only standing room :-)]
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| "All the Pretty Ladies": Estrelita Karsh (center), widow of Yousuf Karsh, poses with two friends in front of a poster of Brigitte Bardot taken from a photo by Yousuf Karsh. |
Յուսուֆ Քարշ was Armenian?? I didn't know that - I have admired his work for years.
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"Of the 100 most notable people of the century, named by the International Who's Who [2000], Karsh had photographed 51. Karsh was also the only Canadian to make the list."
Your facility with the Armenian alphabet is impressive. You must have gone to Harvard . . . or was it Radcliffe then?
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