Artist: Carl M. Mydans (American, 1907-2004). Title: "Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek". Medium: Original vintage photogravure. Date: Composed 1941. Printed 1942. Dimensions: Image size: 10 x 8 3/4 in. (254 x 222 mm). Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): In 1935 Mydans began to work for the Farm Security Administration, working with photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn to document conditions of American rural workers. In 1936 he joined Life magazine as one of its earliest staff photographers (Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Thomas McAvoy and Peter Stackpole were the originals). He became a pioneering photojournalist and took many renowned photographs during and after the Second World War. Image copyright © The Estate of Carl Mydans. [25934-2-150]