Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection

Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection

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JOE ROSENTHAL | MARINES OF THE 28TH REGIMENT OF THE 5TH DIVISION RAISE THE AMERICAN FLAG ATOP MT. SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA

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July 14, 05:43 PM GMT

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15,000 - 25,000 USD

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JOE ROSENTHAL

1911-2006

MARINES OF THE 28TH REGIMENT OF THE 5TH DIVISION RAISE THE AMERICAN FLAG ATOP MT. SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA


gelatin silver print, signed and inscribed 'To Lawrence Neil Steckler from Joe Rosenthal, A. P.' in ink on the image, framed, 1945

9¼ by 7½ in. (23.5 by 19.1 cm.)

Sotheby's New York, 5 October 1995, Sale 6747, Lot 390

John Faber, 'Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them' (New York, 1978), p. 91

Richard Lacayo, 'Time Eyewitness: 150 Years of Photojournalism' (New York, 1995), p. 118

'100 Photographs. The Most Influential Images of All Time. The Stories Behind the Pictures' (New York, 2016), p. 20