Lot n° 70
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JOE ROSENTHAL 1911-2006 - WORLD WAR II "Raising the Flag on - Lot 70
JOE ROSENTHAL 1911-2006 - WORLD WAR II "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima", Japan, February 23, 1945. Photograph. Silver print ca. 1960, handwritten notes in ink, stamp and press clipping and dated stamp. Handling marks and stain. Image: 19.2 x 17.3 cm; sheet: 20 x 18.5 cm This photograph depicts six U.S. Marines and a medic raising the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi, during the battle on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. It was an instant hit, and was reproduced in hundreds of publications. Considered one of the most important photographs of the 20th century, it also became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the year of its publication.
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