Photographs by Ida Kar, 1960s-1970s
612 Portraits in set
Kar's later work includes the leading artists of the St Ives modern art movement (Tatler, 26 July 1961), featuring Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon, Barbara Hepworth and Terry Frost, and her documentary portraits of Soho bohemia in the 1950s and early 1960s includes The Farm Coffee Shop and artists associated with her husband’s Gallery One. Kar’s portrait of Fidel Castro, included as a contact sheet, taken in Cuba of 1964, demonstrates her political interests and her engagement in promoting her work abroad.
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
NPG x201258
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x132566
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1955
NPG x131096
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1957
NPG x128598
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x128665
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x128666
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1957-1958
NPG x134748
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x134867
Artem Alikhanian; Ida Kar; Marina Alikhanian; Mrs Litvinoff
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x134868
'Playing backgammon in the courtyard near their homes in Yerevan'
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135020
'Children washing wool in Yerevan'
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135021
'Doll dressed in Armenian costume'
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135022
'3000 year old Armenian pot and the State History Museum of Armenia'
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135023
'Part of the old town of Yerevan'
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135024
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135025
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian and Rona Yakovlevna Avinezar with their son
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1957
NPG x135026
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1957
NPG x135027
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1957
NPG x135029
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1957
NPG x135151
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1957
NPG x135028