“During the sessions in which he invited my wife to be sculpted, she taught him George Gershwin songs and he produced a portrait bust of lyric beauty.”

In July and August 1970, Karsh was in Italy photographing several artists. The sitters included sculptors Emilio Greco, Jacques Lipchitz, Giacomo Manzu, and Marino Marini. Greco was photographed on this day, July 31, 1970.