Nikita Khrushchev by Burt Glinn, Black-and-White Photography of Russian Leader 1950s

Nikita Khrushchev in front of Lincoln Memorial, 1959, Washington DC by Burt Glinn is one of the photographer's iconic works of historic importance. The photograph is a gelatin silver press print, 10" x 8" with the photographer’s embossed stamp in margin on recto (front of photo) and signed/authenticated by the estate on verso (back). Provenance: Glinn archive.The late 1950s were particularly important years for Burt Glinn who captured the desegregation of Little Rock High, Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to New York, Nikita Khrushchev in front of the Lincoln Memorial and iconic celebrity portraits, including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis Jr., and Katharine Hepburn.When Burt Glinn was asked in an interview which of his images he most closely identifies with, Glinn replied that without a doubt it is the picture showing the back of Nikita Khrushchev's head in front of the Lincoln Memorial: "I was late and I couldn't get to where everybody else was, in front of Khrushchev,